I've been seeing lots of flycatchers, or more properly, hearing lots of flycatchers, mostly Great Creasted Flycatchers, Wood Pewees, Willows, but also a few Alders and E. Phoebes. The best birds I have seen were have been several pairs of Sand Hill Cranes, including a pair without young just south of the Wyoming Hospital.
Today I saw the first Hooded Mergansers on my lake. A hen Hooded Merganser being followed by six ducklings: four Mergansers and two Wood Ducks. This is the first time I have seen that kind of mixed flock. I have heard that Wood Ducklings will follow a hen Merganser, whereas Merganser ducklings will not follow a Wood Duck hen. In the past I have seen plenty of Wood Ducks with a brood and parent-less Merganser ducklings on our lake. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
