Photo by BarrytheBirder
EARLY SPRING ARRIVAL
On Saturday it was a Common Merganser, and on Sunday on the same small pond, it was a male Hooded Merganser, the smallest of our mergansers. What a showy duck is the Hooded Merganser, with it fan-shaped black and white crest, black and white stripes on its breast, and black wings with long white and black tertiaries. Based on its overall appearance, there's no mistaking this bird. It is a common spring migrant in Ontario, but an uncommon breeder in the most southern part of the province.
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BarrytheBirder
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