scaup
11-27-2007, 04:57 AM
#2
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: New York, Long Island
Posts: 230
RE: scaup
Sure anint decreasing on LI...last year there were thousands of them at the end of the season.
I think there tearin a lot of the boreal forest down in Alsaka or some BS. There was a nice article in DU about it
I think there tearin a lot of the boreal forest down in Alsaka or some BS. There was a nice article in DU about it
11-27-2007, 08:19 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NW Ohio , 5 min from Ottawa National / Magee Marsh
Posts: 2,051
RE: scaup
I went to a duck hunters seminare this summer put on by the DU, ODNR and the Fed's on the decline of Scaup
Best guess by the experts is Zebera mussels the ducks are eating on there way back north to nest
The birds are getting to their nesting areas in poor shape
The Zebera Mussels store selenium
Hydrogen selenide (H2Se) and other selenium compounds are extremely toxic, and resemble arsenic in their physiological reactions
This is cause as far as they can tell
They are doing a bunch of testing of Scaup before and after they pass thru the great lakes
As Lake Erie , Maumee and Sandusky bay are loaded with Zebera Mussels along with the other great lakes
And the Scaup eat them as they pass thru both ways
John
Best guess by the experts is Zebera mussels the ducks are eating on there way back north to nest
The birds are getting to their nesting areas in poor shape
The Zebera Mussels store selenium
Hydrogen selenide (H2Se) and other selenium compounds are extremely toxic, and resemble arsenic in their physiological reactions
This is cause as far as they can tell
They are doing a bunch of testing of Scaup before and after they pass thru the great lakes
As Lake Erie , Maumee and Sandusky bay are loaded with Zebera Mussels along with the other great lakes
And the Scaup eat them as they pass thru both ways
John
