Mergansers @ Graveyard Pond

After no sightings since last year, so nice to have amazing Hooded Merganser back in Erie County, Pennsylvania. These shots from Saturday at Graveyard Pond by the Lagoons boat launch.

Hooded Merganser (m)
Hooded Mergansers (female on left)
2x male and female Hooded Merganser
American Black Duck
w/ male Mallard
Ring-billed Gull @ fishing behaviour
Gull with fish
Ring-billed Gulls on log
Gulls on log II
American Black Duck II

Finally, a nice sequence of the Hooded Mergansers startling and taking flight to relocate further down the pond: