Nesting - Annual Life Cycle

The Secret to Nesting Success

If you are a predator searching several square miles for a meal, encountering a duck nest would seem like a long shot. But suppose that the nests are concentrated in small patches and in thin strips of grass. Suddenly, your odds are looking up. Although intuitive, the relationship between nest success and grassland expanse was only recently confirmed by USFWS biologists while evaluating the benefits of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to ducks.

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