Top Photo: A pair of hooded mergansers in the museum’s wetlands.

Finally, a pair of hooded mergansers dropped into the wetlands. This is the latest arrival date in my time here at the museum (I spotted the pair on Tuesday, December 2, but they may have been here Sunday [11/30] or Monday [12/1] and not reported. I was present neither day). I traditionally get a peek at them by mid-November.

I’m anxious to see how long they stick around.

Ranger Greg