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Friday, March 16, 2012

Merganser sort of day

Had hoped that today would be nice and sunny as promised, it was trying not having much success…

Dull day

I noticed right at the mouth of the first bay…

Hooded Merganser

a bunch of Hooded Merganser…continued our walk over to the log bay where I could hear a Killdeer but didn’t spot it until it flew.  There was one pair of Geese at the edge of the sedges, and the usual little birds, mainly Black Capped Chickadees today, also lots of Varied Thrush and a few Robins…

Common Merganser

back at the other end there was a male Common Merganser with a ‘harem’, the were sitting in the shallows preening their feathers…

Green Wing Teal

a little flock of Green-wing Teal were busy in another spot…

Hoodies in a row

while we were watching the Teal the little flock of Hoodies decided to do a ‘swim by’

Pair of Hoodies

so since they are one of my favorite ducks, I’ll post a few pictures…

More Hoodies

and that was pretty much it for the day.  I’ve heard that there are Mountain Bluebirds showing up in the valley so will have to keep eyes open in case any decide to veer over this way.

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