McKee Beshers WMA						Maryland Wood Duck Initiative
Montgomery County						2006 Hooded Merganser Summary
Inspection Date			May, July 2006
C. Brown, W. Jeffey - MWDI											>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>			HATCH RESULT>>>>>>>>>>>>
Ron Kuipers, IWLA
McKee				#							SUCCESS NEST						ABANDON Nest
Master			Hen	Eggs	Egg	Nest	Nest				Eggs	Eggs	Dead		TOTAL	%
ID  #	Region	Box #	on Nest	Laid	Cover	Type	Status	Comments			Hatch	Unhatch	Duks		Unhatch	Hatch	#EGGS	Comments
3	Summit	2A		12	D	N	ABAN	Reason unknown, down covering eggs									12
18	Summit	19		7	D	N	Hatch	Joint nest w/ WD 15 eggs			6	1	0		1	86%
								WD hatches 12 of 15 also!
								Nest inspected when all eggs were unhatched , then after hatch
51	East Gate	2		1	D	N?	Hatch	Joint WD nest of 4 total eggs			1	0	0		1	100%
								May have been HM drop which WD incubates?
								WD hatches 2 of 3 eggs, HM hatched egg had shell on membrane, distinctly different, measured.
								4/28 WD hen on nest, no disturbed.
53	East Gate	5		9	NC	N	ABAN	No change over 21 days. Reason for abandon unclear. No down.									9
55	East Gate	8		7	D	N	Hatch	Membranes & measured shell fragments			7	0	0		0	100%
26	West River	3		11	D	N	Hatch	egg /fragments/ membranes			10	1	0		1	91%
29	West River	6		11	D	N	ABAN	Coon hair, 2 less eggs@5/19									11
								Down not covering eggs, hen flushed off nest, seen on 4/28.
30	West River	7		1	NC	Drop	ABAN										1
43	HQ Central	8		7	D	N	Hatch	Joint nest w/ WD 8 eggs			6	1	0		0	86%
								WD hatches 6 of 8.
								Pre-hatch inspection, all eggs visible, post hatch inspection
61	HQ Midgate	7		9	D	N	Hatch	Measued shell frag.			9	0	0		0	100%
								nothing else in it but HM. Membranes. Hatched before 4/28 inspection.
104	Sycamore	36		8	D	N	Hatch	Membranes & shells			3	5	0		5
	Total	11		83				Unhatched eggs		Total	42	8	0		8		33	Total ABAN
			At Jun 28
SUCCESS nests				7		Note:
ABAN Nests				4		No data exists for 2005.
Remaining Active nests				0		Old shell fragments indicate hooded mergansers have been nesting at MB in past years
Total Box Use				11		In 2007, all nest material will be removed to clear old fragments
		% McKee		10%
Final nest results						Pictures, hen on nest observations, unhatched eggs and/or measured shell fragments verify HM nests on 2 inspections.
	Success Nests			7
	Eggs Laid			50
	Eggs Hatch			42
Eggs not hatch / dead duks				8
% hatch - Success nest				84%
Abandoned Nests				4
Eggs not hatched				33
TOTAL EGGS LAID
>>>>>> Suc/ Aban Nests				83
TOTAL unhatch/dead duk				42
% Hatch / Tot Eggs Laid				51%
Abandoned Reasons
Predator				coon
Competitor
Unknown/Other				drop & 2- ??