I visited my friends, the hooded merganser couple, twice this morning. Early this morning it was cloudy, and later the sun broke through! Why the “goodbye”? Ice has now almost covered one of the ponds, and my friends … the ducks … will need to fly south fast! It was nice to finally get some sun to photograph the “hoodies”!
The birds will not be able to hang around my local pond much longer. As you can see the first snow has sprinkled the ground with white!
Birds attract more birds. While the northwoods have become rather barren in terms of birds as most of our feathered friends have flown south for the winter, one particular pond near me still is attracting lots of late migrants. Simply put, ducks like to hang out with other ducks. Find your local pond which doubles as a duck convention, and your viewing possibilities are enhanced … duck pond fever. In my local pond’s case, a resident flock of domestic geese and mallards server as the birds that attract their wild counterparts to their waters.
Day 272: Pied Billed Grebe
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Day 273: Hello Goose!
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Day 274: Hooded Merganser
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Day 275: Snow Goose
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Day 276: Common Merganser
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Day 277: Leucistic Canadian Goose
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Day 278: We don’t want your kind around here!
