Common Merganser fighting a Pike

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Was photographing this female Common Merganser and when it came up from a dive it had a big fish later Id'd as a Pike the merganser struggled to get control and try and eat the fish and the Pike did its best to thwart that effort by fighting back and biting the bird to eventually the merganser relented and let the Pike go it way
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Arvo Poolar
Taken On
December 2, 2025
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ontario outdoors canada scarborough bluffers park arvo poolar bird birding photography nature natural light nikon d500 animal anseriformes waterfowl cormorant water_resources typical_mergansers red-breasted_merganser ducks beak vertebrate fluid wildlife water_bird
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Wildlife Parks
  • Focal: 700
  • Shutter speed: 0.0002 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 8

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