Today at Lake Harriet, at 2 pm on the south side of the lake, male Red- breasted Merganser swimming and diving with what I think was a female Red-breasted Merganser. Nearby were 5 swimming Horned Grebes. Discussed these sightings with man who had a 2 foot long telephoto camera. He showed me close-ups of Red-breasted Merganser and Horned Grebes. Unmistakable images. Also 23 Hooded Mergansers putting on quite a diving show in a festive flotilla. Everyone who walked by asked if the Mergansers were loons. Also at 3 pm, by Beard's Plaisance tennis courts, an Eastern Screech Owl napped in Red Pine branches, rocked by breeze, and dive-bombed within 2 feet, by 3 Chickadees singing, "CHICK-A-DEE-DEE-DEE," like fingernails on blackboard, followed by a chorus of, "Scram Screech Owl." The Owl didn't wake up. I never saw this behaviour by Chick-a- dees before.
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