Mergansers Drop In

Tuesday morning, I spotted a flock of four Common Mergansers swoop in and land on the river. They actively hunted, swimming underwater, going through submerged grass, and teaming up at times to scare up fish. 

The light was dim and I had to shoot from the backdoor so as not to scare them away resulting in low quality photos.

Two females on the left, and two males on the right in breeding plumage.

Scanning under the surface for fish or any other moving animal.

A Steller's Jay looks on.

I'm inspired to build a duck nest box and see if it attracts mergansers, wood ducks, flickers, or whatever.  I might even put in a nest camera.