TABLE 11-4.

Reproductive Parameters of Select Species

	Common Loon	Least Grebe	Wandering Albatross	Wilson's Storm Petrel	Northern Fulmar
Latin name	Gavia immer	Tachybaptus dominicus	Diomedea exulans	Oceanites oceanicus	Fulmarus glacialis
Family	Gaviidae	Podicipedidae	Diomedidae	Hydrobatidae	Procellaridae
Sexual maturity	1 year	1 year	8–9 years	Unknown	8–10 years
Eggs per clutch	1–3	4–6	1	1	1
Incubation period	28 days	21 days	75–82 days	39–48 days	52–53 days
Fledging age	56 days	Unknown	278 days	70–75 days	46–51 days
Nest	Mound of plant material around lakeshore	Floating nest made of vegetation in shallow water	Mound of mud and vegetation on ridge	Underground burrows	Grass ledge or ground vegetation