Courtship of hooded Merganser
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Courtship of hooded Merganser

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Dinusaur

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on: November 14, 2013, 06:45:15 PM
Towards the end of the day Saturday, Nov 9 I saw a group of Merganser at Humber Bay East park going through their courtship rituals. The males were moving around rapidly, throwing their heads back and making a very throaty low rumbling sound. Shouldn't they be doing this in the Spring? Why now?


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Reply #1 on: November 14, 2013, 07:20:24 PM
I'm not entirely sure it's correct, but my understanding is that many ducks choose mates on the wintering grounds and travel north together.
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Reply #2 on: November 14, 2013, 08:35:05 PM
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Great pics what lens did you use??
Thanks. The lens was a Nikon 300mm f2.8 together with a Nikon 1.7 converter. The EXIF data is on Flickr.
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