Every year, for the past 5 years I look forward to seeing the Hooded Mergansern arrive in our retention pond. It usually signifies that cool weather isn't far behind. This morning there are 5 of them


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I wish I took the pic.
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Nice.

Now if it was a mallard.....
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Oh yeah, we got them too.........just not any this morning.
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oh, wow!! That's cool.
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cold weather? See, Karma exist, you send ice removers to other botl's and now you will (hopefully) get a bunch of snow in FL :-)
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Very nice! Thanks for the pic too
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One could only hope :-)
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There are none out here this morning, but I did see a couple last week. They are pretty, and they sure are skittish.
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Nice photo!!!
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Cool weather, you mean the 60 degree winters you guys have down there??? Thats beach weather in New England!!
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I thought the topic was hooded messenger :-)
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You would. :-)
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Great looking fowl. But awful eating! I took one in the early season this year.

Nice shot FFF.

Pip
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:-):-) I missed it when I read your post. Thanks for the Saturday morning laugh!!
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In case you haven't seen the weather channel lately, We have had some cold nights lately. I had to use my driver license to scrap the ice of my windows a few days ago.

So much for global warming. :-)
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I looks like he just came from minnesota where all is now frozen and kids are playing hockey on our lake. I should have followed that little bugger to see where he was headed!

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AWESOME! I've had blue, night, and green herons and wood ducks at my pond, never one of these beauts!
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Cool! Another odd yet beautiful creature.

Thanks for sharing!
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That's a cool looking bird. Thanks for the pic!
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] :-) thanks
Yer welcome :-)
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