May 01, 2007
Duck of the Day!
This morning on the stream there were a pair of Common Mergansers.
Of all things they appeared to be checking out the Wood Duck house, which would be fine with us as Wood Ducks have NEVER nested in it in the four years it's been there.
I'm just not sure if the hole is big enough for this large duck. I know they will nest in a tree hollow ... one can only hope.
The female stood on the house for quite a while, as the male checked out the stream below.
We watched through the binoculars and the spotting scope while eating breakfast and listening to the Flicker hammer on the top of our chimmney with a melodic - metalic drilling sound (what he wants there I'll never know).
photo courtesy of e-nature.com
....since you asked;~)
Posted by sunybank at May 1, 2007 02:22 PM
