[TN-Bird] Hooded Merganser- Shelby Park Lake

After coming home from the weekend @Tim's Ford this afternoon(saw a pair of 
common loons, 3 red-headed woodpeckers, flock of 20+ cedar waxwings- 
flycatching!), we decided to do a drive through Shelby Park.

The usual suspects were there, canada geese, mallards,muscovy,domestic geese, 
and the blue phase snow goose(still just one).

When a car pulled up to feed the birds some bread, up popped a female hooded 
merganser (lifebird for my wife and I), and was

competing with some much larger birds for scraps! It was late in the day, but 
managed to get some photos:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30862495@N04/3302628718/

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30862495@N04/3301796483/

 

 

Ed Schneider

Whites Creek, Davidson Co., Tn.

 

 

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