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Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
50.9937, -114.15
Field Notes
Description:
This is a diving duck described as a "sawbill". You can see the serrated edges of the bill in this cropped photograph. The male has a dark head, white neck with a rusty breast, a black back, and white underparts.
Habitat:
They breed in freshwater lakes and rivers across northern North America, Greenland, Europe, and Asia.
Notes:
This is migrant bird that I photographed by a bridge at a local reservoir.
Reference Links:
Red-breasted Merganser
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Photographed
PublishedApril 26, 2013
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