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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: rcflier on March 13, 2012, 05:36:52 PM

Title: Humber Bay Park - Gadwalls and Mergys
Post by: rcflier on March 13, 2012, 05:36:52 PM

Humber Bay Park - see report by Bird Brain in GTA reports-

Hooded Merganser (female) with fish for breakfast

Gadwalls enjoying some breakfast

Title: Re: Humber Bay Park - Gadwalls and Mergys
Post by: thouc on March 13, 2012, 05:49:07 PM

The Merganser is a female Hooded Merganser. Nice find.

/Thomas

Title: Re: Humber Bay Park - Gadwalls and Mergys
Post by: rcflier on March 13, 2012, 07:39:52 PM

Thomas,  thanks for the clarificaton.  Didn't see any male Hooded Merganser,  but there were plenty of RBM. Bob

Title: Re: Humber Bay Park - Gadwalls and Mergys
Post by: Bird Brain on March 13, 2012, 08:32:24 PM

It was really something else seeing the female Hooded Merganser swimming and munching on the fish at the same time - talk about "eating on the go"!   :lol:  
Too bad we didn't see a male - or any Mink today either!  Updated my thread.