Common Mergansers

Well, we are pretty happy that the previous visitors have left.  Those hippos had no business in Old Moore's Valley, and they were way too large for our small ponds. 

We had common mergansers in the pond this morning.......................having sex!  The male holds the female underwater, satisfies his urges and then swims off.   No cigarette, no sweet kiss, just takes off to catch another crawdad.

Easy to identify by the bright orange beak.

Cute punk hair cut.