Oh very good! Thanks Steve for your thoughtful response! I have enjoyed your various posts on the MOU since I’ve joined..
We’ll continue to monitor this little one as time allows. Happy birding to all, Brian On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 11:59 PM Steve Weston <swesto...@gmail.com> wrote: > If it was any other species, I would be worried. But, Hooded Mergansers > don't need anybody. When Hoodies follow a Wood Duck hen out of the box, > after a day or two, they head off on their own. And, from what we have > seen, they fair far better the Wood Ducklings following their hen. As time > goes on, the Wood Duck brood numbers dwindled away, but we've watched in > surprise as the little Hooded Merganser grew, finally disappearing from the > lake in late summer, presumably flying away. We have seen this happen > several times over the years. > > Steve Weston > On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN > swest...@comcast.net > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#m_6127784600636372187_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 8:02 PM MOU <m...@moumn.org> wrote: > >> (Posted by Brian Tennessen <brian.tennes...@gmail.com> via moumn.org) >> >> Hi, >> >> We were down to the Crosby Farm park this afternoon, and observed a lone >> Hooded Merganser duckling in the pond near the picnic area. >> >> He was swimming around and peeping, seemed healthy, but we observed no >> other >> ducklings or adult Mergansers nearby. When i first saw him, i believe he >> was sleeping, had his head tucked as they do. I have mostly been >> observing >> the adult Hooded Mergansers in Crosby Farm park on the larger lake >> northeast >> of the picnic area, what's called the Upper Lake on Google maps. I saw >> >> Can we ask more experienced birders--how common is it for ducklings to end >> up solo? I have to think it doesn't bode well. But maybe the parents are >> nearby. Should we attempt to rescue it? We could bring to wildlife >> rescue >> place in the morning. I have to think it'd be hard to get him because the >> pond he's on is somewhat large and he'd just swim away. >> >> Thanks for any input, Brian and Denise, St. Paul MN >> >> Here's a photo if interested. >> >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/146080097@N04/47982219626/in/dateposted-public/ >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
