Hooded Mergansers at Lake Aquitaine

[rcflier]

Surprise visit with a pair of Hooded Mergansers at Lake Aquitaine today.  Also the usual suspects - lots of Cardinals, Blue Jays, Chickadees, Doves, Mockingbird, Gulls, Mallards, Geese, a few Robins, and plenty of Red Winged Blackbirds ( to many to keep track of the numbers).

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[Bird Brain]

Hi Bob.    Wow, that's awesome!  I've never sighted Hooded Merganser at Lake Aquitaine before.  Many years ago, there was a pair at Lake Wabukayne.  The female took off but the male remained for a couple of years.   He would swim right up to people, put his head back and let loose with what sounded like a blender whirring!  

At some point, I need to go for a walk around the lake and then up to Maplewood Park - especially after reading ostrich's Cooper's Hawk thread.