This spring we had a new visitor in the backyard -- a hooded merganser. Please check out this link for more info.
After doing some research, it made perfect sense why the hooded merganser was hanging out in our Pileated Woodpecker House. Apparently when it is time for the hooded merganser to have her babies she looks for old Woodpecker habitats to hang out for a few weeks, has her babies, and then they all leave to find a water way. While we didn't see her babies, she followed this behavior perfectly.
Here are some photos we snapped of her while she visited.
She even hung out on the ground for a few days as well.
It was pretty cool to have her visit.
