[TN-Bird] Fish Crows + belated report of Hooded Mergansers

This evening while standing out by the house, I caught what I thought was
the call of a Fish Crow. I looked up eagerly and saw 8 crows flying directly
South. I listened eagerly to see if I could hear them again to confirm it,
and lo and behold, I heard a nasal "CAH-uh" as they flew over. They
definitely were Fish Crows, the call was classic, plus they appeared smaller
and the wing beats were different than American Crows. New Yard
Bird!!!!!!!!!!!
A belated report: on Tuesday morning (right after the storm of Monday
night), there were 2 pairs of Hooded Mergansers on one of our ponds! This is
an extremely unexpected yard bird as both of our ponds are not at all
suitable for diving ducks. I watched them for quite some time but never saw
them try to feed, the only interesting behavior I saw were the 2 males
chasing each other around, almost as if fighting over the females!
Two yard birds in one week hasn't happened in a LONG time so I'm a happy
birder!
Good Birding!

David Hollie
Ringgold, GA
Catoosa Co.


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