I believe these are a Gulp (group name for Mergansers) of Hooded Mergansers (described below) which I espied swimming on the North East Riverabove Twin Bridges - just where the demarcation of tidal and non-tidal waters usually occurs.
The Hooded Merganser is our smallest merganser, measuring in at only 18”. The female is mostly brown with a white patch on her chin and wings. She
is grayer on the neck than other mergansers. Overall, she is a light
reddish-brown and has a frosted cinnamon crest with white tips.
Note: On 28 March 2013 I changed the title of this posting by removing the Latin 'MERGUS (diving) and replacing with Laphódytes. I have so far been unable to find an identifying phrase for Laphódytes. The latin word Mergus - root word for merganser - does mean 'diving' or 'plunging'.
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