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Day 139: Mergansers in the Morning

Year 1

There always have to be at least one in every crowd. Get with the routine! Photographed these common mergansers shortly after dawn this morning down on Lake Superior.

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Day 135: Theft in the Morning!

Year 1

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)

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!
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Day 134: The Merganser Triangle!

Year 1

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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