Monday, February 14, 2022

Be my Valentine on Prospect Lake

Likely as nature intended it on this romantic day celebrated by humans, the Mergansers had their own idea. 

From the wellhouse, i spotted two distant whitish bodied ducks on the lake. And so, out of curiosity I investigated. Upon a closer look from the Peninsula meadow shoreline, my observation was confirmed: the long waiting hen Common Merganser has found her Valentine, a drake has joined her. Both lovely dovey birds were romancing in front of Three Sisters Islands at 235.. What happened next, i don't know (wink wink). 😉

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (2)
- Reported Feb 14, 2022 14:35 by Peter Dorosh
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S102646887
- Comments: "Drake joins his Valentine long waiting hen in front of 3 sisters island. Large white bodied bird with green wavy hairdo,clean demarcation of green with white breast at neck. Unmistakable"