Common Merganser

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by Scott_Young from Cambridge CA on 31 Dec 2024

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Over the last year. A beaver has built a substantial lodge, along the Speed River here in Hespeler. In doing so, it as created a perfect environment for many of the fish eating ducks, and mink which inhabit the river. Today on new years eve, I counted twenty five Common Mergansers taking advantage of the many fish who now use the area around the beaver lodge for shelter.

Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Focal: 600 mm
Shutter speed: 0.00125 sec
Aperture: f/ 8

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