Two pairs of ducks have been here for almost a week. They dive and seem to play "duck-duck-goose" and frolic all over the pond! We weren't sure what they were and when Byron spied them on Saturday morning- he called me to the window to see and we peered at them through the binoculars. I told him if I had really good lens on my camera I could capture an image and we could better figure it out!
Don't you just KNOW that man went right out and bought me a lens? No! Seriously! He did! Well, he rode with me to Little Rock and approved the whole purchase! What's that commercial? Ahhh... he went to Jared. Wrong. He went to Bedfords Camera which is about as close to heaven and Bedford Falls in "It's a Wonderful Life"... but, I digress.
Anyway.... the next day I didn't see them until the light was too poor to get a good shot. The next day I was busy and forgot to watch. Then... today... I got an opportunity. It was still too cold to try and take the camera and lens outside without it frosting over- but enough of a shot to clearly identify the birds!!
They are Hooded Mergansers. I think from this site they must be the Saw-billed variety. (2nd image)
One opinion was that they might be Dive Dappers- but according to first page Google search the dive-dappers are Pied-billed Grebes (image 3) and the male isn't nearly as flamboyant a bird.
What do YOU think?
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