Last night (Friday) at dusk, I waited along the shores of Lake
Runnemede in Windsor for the ducks to come in for the night. Pretty
good showing with lots of courtship behaviors by the mergansers,
including the neck stretching display by the Common Mergansers
accompanied by their deep, gutteral call.
-Julie
Location: Lake Runnemede
Observation date: 3/30/07
Notes: Back half of lake is open. Most of the ducks and geese
arrived at dusk.
Number of species: 15
Canada Goose 120
Wood Duck 3
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 10
Ring-necked Duck 4
Greater Scaup 4
Hooded Merganser 5 courtship displays
Common Merganser 13 courtship displays
Blue Jay 1
American Crow X
American Robin X
European Starling X
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
