Going… Going… Gone!

Crested Mergansers are diving ducks. They dive to hunt small fish and if the water is shallow, to feed on invertebrates (animals without backbones) on the bottom. In the waters around the Refuge, they are winter residents only. The mated pair shown here on a cloudy day, were the last two to leave.

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