A group of common merganser have made this section of the Oswegatchie their temporary home for the past few weeks.



This section of river has had consistently open water this winter, so it's made for a terrific feeding area for these birds.



They don't like when I go out there, and they will swim downstream immediately, but I decided to stay wait them out, and despite it being around 20 degrees it was worth it.  As they did make their way back and as I laid in the snow, they swam, dove, ate and chased each other for the next hour.