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Red-breasted Merganser

Mergus serrator

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Field Notes

Description:

Female. Diving duck.

Habitat:

Chesapeake Bay - off Kiptopeake State Park's fishing pier

Notes:

Spotted during Virginia Beach, Virginia's annual Winter Wildlife Festival. We were with Noah Strycker - who in 2015, set a world record by seeing 6,042 species of birds - in one year. 41 countries on 7 continents.) http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S42255697

Reference Links:

Red-breasted Merganser, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornith…

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PublishedJanuary 28, 2018

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