Was hanging out with three good looking babes down at the beach. They started fighting. I decided to go fishing. Life was good till … (sequence of photos where a common merganser gets robbed of its fish by a herring gull)

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The ladies are starting to fight. I’m going fishing!

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Success!

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Too Big

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Can’t Swallow

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Trouble!

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The Chase!

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The Loss!

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The Prize

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The Inspection

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Breakfast

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The Gulp!

You’ve heard of the Bermuda Triangle? Meet the common merganser triangle of Lake Superior! Still following my friendly flock of mergansers on the Lester River.

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Shortly after dawn I headed down to the mouth of the Lester River where is flows into Lake Superior. As usual, one of my favorite birding spots did not disappoint. From 5:30 to 7:30 am I watched this flock of mergansers and assorted other birds. The mergansers where anything but “common”!

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The parade of common mergansers begins!

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Morning reflections

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Aerial view!

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The peanut gallery!

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Cedar-waxwing

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Here’s flapping my wings at you, kid!

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Squawking … move … now!

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Morning preen