Duck, Duck, Goose

We never tire of hooded mergansers.

Hooded Mergansers blowing in the wind

Today's windy weather brought some more hooded mergansers.

Two Hoodies

While we are sad about losing the polar ice caps, we are happy that hooded mergansers are staying all winter.

Ring-necked Duck

The warm weather has brought a few different birds to Lake Nelson. The Ring-necked Duck appeared this morning. It tried to hang out with the hooded mergansers but they wanted nothing to do with it.

Junco getting a drink

 

This has been a weird winter. The juncos may be heading north and some catbirds have already been reported. Chris thought she heard an oriole yesterday.

Seagull Catching A Fish

 

New Jersey Ducks

Northern Pintail


Northern Shoveler


Hooded Mergansers


We finally got out birding this weekend. The top two are some ducks from the Meadowlands. The hooded mergansers are from Lake Nelson. We've had two males and a female for the past day, possibly the same group that was here in the beginning of the year.