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Mergus merganser
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water.
Spotted on Feb 7, 2015
Submitted on Feb 7, 2015
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long bodied and streamlined ducks. It was raining hard and a little dark when I took this pic. The green heads look black in here.