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Peek a Boo, I see You!
- To: "Hudson, Arthur" <AHudson@cheta.net>, "Carolinabirds ListServ" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Peek a Boo, I see You!
- From: "jlindfors" <jlindfors@email.msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 21:17:06 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
On the first day of March today I was pleased to see 2 female Hooded
Mergansers on the pond in Mills River at Bryson Rd. and S. Mills Rd about
4:30 pm. As I looked at them they nervously paddled along contemplating
bursting into flight.
I went up to Buncombe County to Lake Julian to the children's playground in
the north shore park. There I saw another female merganser. Her "locks"
were flowing upward because she had her bill tucked under her wing in
another means of avoiding being noticed ( I presume). Wayne Forsythe
recently mentioned seeing many Red-breasted Mergansers at Lake Julian. The
bird was silhouetted by the reflection of the setting sun so I can't say for
sure that it was an RBME it might have been a Common Merganser.
Since I had just seen a pair of Hooded Mergansers, I am quite sure it was
not a HOME. There was a flock of 11 Ring-necked Ducks at Lake Julian also.
John Lindfors
mailto: JLindfors@msn.com
Hendersonville, North Carolina