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The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) that I saw yesterday morning was back; this time, we saw him on the way out, meaning ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattitude got to watch him as well. Someone asked me "That's not a mallard, is it?" so I told her it was a merganser and, after another question, that it's a diving duck. The first red-winged blackbirds have also arrived; they, and the robins, are singing loudly, trying to claim territory.
Many daffodils are blooming, as are the chionodoxa, and we still have lots of crocuses. It's a gorgeous blue morning, and I watched the merganser some more after walking Cattitude most of the way to the subway. At one point, the merganser tried to surface right under a swan; he dove again immediately, and I laughed quietly. By the time I'd headed back in, he'd taken some time to preen and apparently gone to sleep.
cattitude got to watch him as well. Someone asked me "That's not a mallard, is it?" so I told her it was a merganser and, after another question, that it's a diving duck. The first red-winged blackbirds have also arrived; they, and the robins, are singing loudly, trying to claim territory.Many daffodils are blooming, as are the chionodoxa, and we still have lots of crocuses. It's a gorgeous blue morning, and I watched the merganser some more after walking Cattitude most of the way to the subway. At one point, the merganser tried to surface right under a swan; he dove again immediately, and I laughed quietly. By the time I'd headed back in, he'd taken some time to preen and apparently gone to sleep.