Today was sunny with cloudless skies and a trip to Huntley Meadows park offered some good birding.  Among the large number of Canada Geese were several pairs of Hooded Mergansers (one of the males is shown above).  Also seen were Mallards, Blue-winged Teals and several female Northern Shovelers (photo below).

There were plenty of other birds in the park, including Red-bellied and Red-headed woodpeckers, Sparrows, Goldfinch, Red-winged Blackbirds, a Bald Eagle and Red-shouldered Hawk, plus Bluebirds and hundreds of Grackles moving through the park.