Chlidonias

Common Mergansers (Mergus merganser)

Abashiri (Hokkaido), February 2025
I always thought mergansers fished like cormorants, just diving down and looking for fish underwater, but I watched these two birds hunting and they were swimming with the head pointing down under the surface looking out for fish. I chose this photo because it shows the birds in different poses (rather than both of them having their heads submerged).
 

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Japan - Wildlife
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Device
Canon Canon EOS 1100D
ISO
640
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
Common Mergansers Abashiri.JPG
File size
1 MB
Date taken
Wed, 12 February 2025 5:49 PM
Dimensions
2377px x 1521px

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