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A Most Unexpected Encounter

10,000 Birds

Fortunately, two species of Mergansers sometimes stray to Cuba, and so my friend suggested, correctly, that ours was a female Hooded Merganser. The addition of a family of Least Grebes was a nice touch. Having seen them in Europe, I knew it was a Merganser. But which one? I, of course, did not have any optics with me.

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