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Feeding Frenzy of Red-breasted Mergansers and Gulls |
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Huge numbers of Red-breasted Mergansers - anywhere from 4000-5000 -
are building up on Lake Ontario in Durham from Pickering to Whitby.
Watching this spectacle is exciting. Ajax Rotary Park on 29 October
2019. News as of 7 November: check lookouts all the way to Whitby as
the flocks are constantly moving. Thousands are |
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VIDEO: Feeding Frenzy of Mergansers and Gulls on Lake Ontario |
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Abundant baitfish such as alewife, smelt and
shiners are the attraction. Gulls and loons are also feeding on the
ever-moving schools of fish. Ajax Rotary Park on 29 October 2019. |
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The flock is almost entirely
Red-breasted Mergansers. We hope it brings in a jaeger or gannet or
rare fish-eating duck or loon. |
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Only small numbers of Common
Mergansers were in the frenzies, around 45-50. Ajax Rotary Park on
29 October 2019. |
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