Thomas Bancroft Photography

Hooded Mergansers

The pair activily dove together searching for fish. I never saw one surface with a fish. Some dives lasted 15 or 20 seconds and they would resurface several dozen yards from where they dove. Notice the water droplets on the bill and feathers of the femail from her last dive.

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Copyright: G. Thomas Bancroft
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The pair activily dove together searching for fish. I never saw one surface with a fish. Some dives lasted 15 or 20 seconds and they would resurface several dozen yards from where they dove. Notice the water droplets on the bill and feathers of the femail from her last dive.