I years past there would be 30 some on Green Lake in mid-winter as well
as say 200 Commons. I don't know the current situation.

Gene Hunn.

On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, J. Marrazzo wrote:

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> My curiosity was piqued by Michael Smith's comments re merganser
> populations at Seward Park, as my experience has been the opposite. I have
> actually never seen hooded mergansers
> there but frequently (at least 1/2 of the time on my at least biweekly
> sojourns around the park) spot red-breasted and less frequently common
> mergansers immediately around the park's perimeter and further north
> along the shoreline up to around the Lakewood Marina. In fact, the only
> time I've seen hooded m's in the city was in Magnolia, near Palisades
> restaurant (sorry, don't know the proper geographic nomenclature). Are
> hoodeds common in the city? Thanks for any comments.
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