surrounded by emergent vegetation, such as cattails and bulrushes, which provide protective cover. Other important breeding areas are the subarctic river deltas in Saskatchewan and the interior of Alaska.

It has a clutch size of approximately 5-11 eggs, which are greenish drab. The eggs measure 6-6.7 cm (2.4-2.6 in) in length and 4.2-4.6 cm (1.6-1.8 in) in