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Mergus merganser

I saw three mergansers swimming rapidly downstream in the creek the other day. In fact they were moving so fast that I only managed to snap a photo of  one. They were diving and popping up unexpectedly downstream. It looked like the fishing was pretty good!

 The common merganser in a large diving duck, with a long bill for catching fish. Apparently this is a wintering area for them.