We led a photography hike at Brooker Creek Preserve Saturday morning. As usual, we arrive early and Karl greets people as they come in the building while I scout the area for ideas on what we might find. As I walked the boardwalk behind the Education Center I heard a variety of birds. Much to my surprise, as I crossed the boardwalk section over the channel I spotted three Red-breasted Mergansers swimming around.
As soon as they spotted me, they started to leave. I did get a few good shots of one in particular.
This one didn't spook like the other two, and swam around a bit more before leaving.
I like the way it fanned and then lowered its crest.
They did not return, and still had not returned a couple of hours later as we walked that section with the hike. We see this merganser on some of the ponds and in the cypress domes of the Preserve, this is the first time I sighted them on the main channel of the creek.
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