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Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

Description:

A mother and her four chicks. The chicks all hopped on the rock, but as soon as the mother did they all began to hop off. It was a little comical to see this "too cool to hang out with mom" moment

Habitat:

Freshwater river

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2 Comments

Machi
Machi 7 years ago

Oops had it backwards. I thought the re-breasted mergansers had the chin patch! Thanks!

AshleyT
AshleyT 7 years ago

What little cuties! These are common mergansers though :)

Machi
Spotted by
Machi

Alaska, USA

Spotted on Aug 2, 2016
Submitted on Oct 17, 2016

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