A rather large flock of Hooded Mergansers were actively pursuing a school of small fish along the edge of a pond. Swimming rapidly back and forth as a group, they continually dove for their prey as they herded the fish.
The activity attracted the attention of a Great Egret. This was an unusual sighting since virtually all Great and Snowy Egrets have departed for the winter by this late in November.
The flock had also seemingly adopted a female Common Merganser. This was the only Common Merganser that we could see in the entire pond. I have seen both species sharing a body of water before, but always as flocks.
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