Top Photo: Male hooded mergansers display (pair-bond) for female in wetlands.

Hooded mergansers are migratory waterfowl. Though many of the birds are year-round residents in the southeast, even nesting locally. We don’t see them here at the museum from mid-April on. They’re usually back on the scene by mid-November, though I’ve seen them here as early as the third week in October (10/20). I haven’t spotted one yet this fall.

Where are the birds?

No worries. But do keep an eye out for a lone bird sometime this coming week. They should have been here by now.

(All photos from previous years in our wetland)

Ranger Greg