Assuming its the same group of 5 COMMON MERGANSERS at west shore Prospect Lake these past several weeks, both drakes I saw this late afternoon did not have the fish hook line embedded in either one.
Perhaps it fell off or the bird pulled it out? The fish hook might have been only a superficial attachment to the feathers. In any case maybe good news for the drake whichever one it was.
Rain tomorrow on a weekend always a bummer.
