November 6, 2005
Duck, Duck, GOOSE!
Ranger Jean Rogers asks, "What makes a duck a duck, and a goose a goose?" During this family program we learned about waterfowl behavior, such as diving and dabbling, migration, molting, and mating. Then we went outside to look at birds on the water. At Black's Nook we had good looks through the telescope at male hooded mergansers, and on Fresh Pond we saw ring-necked ducks, ruddy ducks, coots, canvasbacks, and one male red-headed duck (a special treat for birders!)