To my delight, the small, privately-owned wetland between Lake Shore and Ladoga Park roads (just south of Myers Park, Lansing) had an assortment of handsome ducks on it at 3 pm today--Northern Shoveler (m), Canvasback (m), Redhead (m,f), Common Merganser (m,f), and Bufflehead (2 m)--along with a host of noisy Red-winged Blackbirds staking out territories in the reeds, and a striking Red-tailed Hawk watching from a tree limb above. That's quite a gang of divers for such a small pond. Yesterday, male and female Ring-billed Ducks took the place of today's Shoveler and Canvasback, and a Great Blue Heron substituted for the hawk. Also seen were in the surrounding tangles were a Norther Mockingbird and three male Song Sparrows. The wetland can be quite the bird-magnet at various times of the year and worth checking out if you are near by. Candace
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