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				 Spawning Time 
 
			
			We see them every year about this time.  Some try to travel upstream, and we saw them a couple days ago in the Minge Brook (Minge Cove in West Alton) and also in the brook at West Alton Marina.  Each year, about a week or two from now, others come into the shallow areas around our docks to lay eggs.  They stay for about three weeks, and then they disappear.  It's a wonder any of the eggs survive, as the mergansers love to feast on them!
		 
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