Happy Thanksgiving from North Saanich BC

                                        Northern Shoveler hen 

American Kestrel returns

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A good friend and fellow bird enthusiast pointed out & ID'd a small group of these Mergansers to me last August.  There were 8 of them at that time and today I still see 7 so these young of the year "Hooded Mergansers" are doing well in a local fresh water pond.  Beautiful small ducks .. Much smaller than the common Mergansers.