...that is to say, the fish was mighty big for the Common Merganser
Female I watched at Marymoor yesterday. There were seven females just
below the weir, and one took off to do some fishing. Pretty amazing
to see it out-swim a fish that was far bigger than its head, and
swallow it faster and more easily than Great Blue Herons (which seem
to be cautious about killing and swallowing their prey).

There's a a sequence of photos on my Facebook page. Let me know if
you can't access it, and I'll post them on my website:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/SongbirdPhotocom/172596339510761


Marc Hoffman
Kirkland, WA
http://www.SongbirdPhoto.com
mailto: tweeters at dartfrogmedia dot com