91 Common Mergansers - Monday, March 31st, 2008
The Merganser is a large, sleek diving duck with black upperparts and white underparts. Its head and upper neck are green-black with head crest usually not visible. Long, thin bill is bright red. Its wings are black with extensive white patches. The female is gray overall with red-brown, crested head and neck, white chin, dull white upper breast and belly, and orange bill. The Juvenile resembles female but has more white on chin, a faint white eye-ring, and duller bill.
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glad to see you’re catching up in days…hope you got your new camera! Nice photo!
Thanks Val! Yes… I should have the March retrospective up any minute now… then I’ll be filling in the week. Work has been crazy this past couple of weeks. Thanks for stopping by!