Yup, it's snowing again . . . OK, I'm now officially sick of snow, and ready for spring!

The calm weather and clear nights of the past couple of days have allowed a few migrants to trickle in and out. I happily added Green-winged Teal to my Hedgehog Mountain Park Patch List yesterday morning, as a pair was hanging out in the small pond there. A lot of Dark-eyed Juncos have cleared out, especially last night, but my first Chipping Sparrow of the year arrived in our yard and was vigorously defending the platform of white millet from the remaining juncos.

A quick walk around Yarmouth's Bayview Preserve produced a singing Carolina Wren, my first for this park, and a very nice diversity of ducks in the pond there: 8 Wood Ducks, 1 male Ring-necked Duck, a pair of Green-winged Teal, a single hen Red-breasted Merganser, and a small group of Mallards and American Black Ducks.

Yesterday afternoon, I raced down to Prout's Pond to try and get some nice, sunny shots of the Redhead hybrid. Unfortunately, the after-work golfers had arrived, so the birds remained tucked into a distance corner. However, I did score a few digiscoped shots that at least show the interesting head color (I was trying to put a name to it - how about "deep redwood," or "reddish-mahogany?

More than a little fuzzy, but it gives you the idea of the colors . . .

Looking an awful lot like a Ring-necked Duck when snoozing (its the top bird).

Here's that gradation between the red at the top of the head, and the dark glossy-purple of the lower half.

Loafing with Ring-necked Ducks.