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by Phil Chadwick
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Our Bella / Canvas t-shirts are made from a 50% cotton / 50% polyester blend and are available in five different sizes. All t-shirts are machine washable.
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Hooded mergansers are perky little birds with a very extravagant crest. They breed in forested wetlands throughout the eastern half of North America... more
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Hooded mergansers are perky little birds with a very extravagant crest. They breed in forested wetlands throughout the eastern half of North America and the Pacific Northwest. They will also use nest boxes like wood ducks. The ducklings leave the nest with a bold leap of faith to the forest floor when they only one day old. Sometimes the nesting cavity is 50 feet above the ground so it is quite a leap. The hen checks the area around the nest and calls to the nestlings from ground level to encourage them to make the leap.
Mergansers dive for fish, crayfish, and other food, seizing it in their thin, serrated bills. Mergansers hunt by sight and actually change the refractive properties of their eyes to improve their underwater vision. They also have an extra transparent eyelid to protect the eye like a pair of simming goggles.
Hooded Mergansers often lay their eggs in other females' nests. This is called "brood parasitism" and is similar to the practice of Brown-headed C...
I paint outside - nothing between my eyes and the inspiration. That special connectivity gets into the pigments and you quickly realize that we are all stewards of the land, privileged to appreciate its beauty during our lifetime but responsible for leaving the environment better off for the future and all inhabitants... Phil was born and raised along the St. Lawrence of Ontario, Canada and studied at Queens University as a nuclear physicist. A meteorologist for Environment Canada for 35 years, Phil specializes in severe weather and training. Remote sensing is his forte - you might want to see a tornado before you die... but not just before you die! He has farmed, raised bees, written books and articles, lectured and instructed...
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