[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeG5KKa539A[/youtube] Here's a tip from hooded mergansers to give you an idea on how to attract your mate's attention on Valentine's Day. Even if you're an old married couple and deeply trenched in your routine, even something as simple as a cleaning ritual can be a time for love.

Although, I don't recommend that you react to your partner's amorous ways the way the female hooded merganser responded to this male:

This video was taken at Wood Lake Nature Center a few springs ago.