Monday 26 March 2012

Hooded Merganser :)

Our Sunday morning walk had to be re-routed, so we hit the next week's scheduled walk instead.We hit the nesting pair of GHO's for a peak and caught our first look of the returning American Robins, a sure sign of spring! Over to Mallard point for a lot of ducks and geese, with a mange coyote thrown in the mix as well. Oh, yeah, we also spent a few minutes with this rooster pheasant:
A new bird for me was this pair of Hooded Mergansers, here is the male with his crown extended:
And of course here is the Missus in a neck stretch display pose, who could resist?
All in all a good day, althought the weather was crap! -5 C with a brisk wind and heavy humidity, and very poor light conditions. There was hoar frost developing on all the plants and trees.

Turbo


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