Hooded Mergansers spend the winter on the lake behind my house and they showed up today Dec. 1. Two males and three females were settling in for a long winter's night. When will the Ring-necks arrive to join them? Other birds of note: Mallards Canada Geese Turkey Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebirds (3) American Robin Northern Mockingbird White-throated Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco House Finch American Goldfinch Win Ahrens Prospect KY **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)