Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator - eating a Pipefish - Syngnathinae

This female Red-breasted Merganser was feeding on Pipefish right along the shore of Parrish Park on the Indian River Lagoon. I had seen other water birds eating these Pipefish before but this is the first time I was able to get close enough for an identifiable shot. This was also the first time I had gotten close enough to see the serrated bill on a Red-breasted Merganser. The serrated bill shows much better in large size. Taken from my car this spring, just before I got to Merritt Island…

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