Hooded Mergansers Visit

Wow! What a thrill. Noticed two new ducks fly in -very small ones - with lots of white showing - finally with the field glasses I could identify them! They are migrating south and just stopped in to say Hello. Fun to watch them go under and pop up again ten or twelve feet away - they stuck close to each other as they fed along the other side of the Pond. The two resident male mallards kept a very careful eye on them and attempted to run them off at one point. For now, all four have disappeared over in the little cove, I think. Hope they show up again when the grandchildren arive. What first grabbed my attention was all the white showing and then the diving under and swimming quite a ways before popping up again! Beautiful birds!!! What a great Thanksgiving gift! --------Got the graham cracker crumb crusts put together and baked (best kind) and they are ready for the kids to make the fillings tonight. Next I'll work on the blue cheese potatoes - won't be quite the same without CLEMSON blue cheese, but couldn't find it here this year. Hope EVERY ONE OF YOU enjoys a familly filled Thanksgiving!