Sign of spring

“I saw a sign of spring today at Point Pleasant Park,” writes Saturday bird guy Joshua Barss Donham. “The Red-breasted Mergansers were performing their courtship display. The male stretches his neck upward and forward, opens his bill, and then drops his body forward dipping his chest and lower neck in the water.”

 

Merganser

 

OK, that shows the lovestruck merganser’s neck extended, but now watch Joshua’s video for the whole display:

 

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