Hello all,
Looks like the ponds are opening at MDI ponds and this years first bird is Hooded Merganser. Two breeding plumage males in the second pond. Nights are still cold here with sunshine today but not much above freezing. Maple trees are running and insects emerging as we head towards spring.
Mount Desert Island Birds: Hooded Merganser MDI Ponds
Mount Desert Island High School, Hancock, US-ME
Mar 16, 2013 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Ice is out in the middle pond at the MDI High School Ponds. First bird of the year seen here are two breeding plumage males displaying beautifully and in the lee of an northerly wind.
4 species
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 2 WOW.... what an exceptional bird.
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 6
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 2 mobbed by several crows and flying back towards the SW where they have traditionally nest for the last several years. There are always some kind of altercation between Ravens and Crows in the area around the school.
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2 in the marsh behind the
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