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Uncommon View of a Common Merganser Yesterday, Dec. 28, was the day of the annual Cortes Island “Christmas Day” bird count. I was participating as a “backyard” observer. In the afternoon with the sun shining low in the sky and the tide being high this female Common Merganser decided to fish right under our deck. Our “front yard”! Canada,Common merganser,Geotagged,Mergus merganser,Winter Click/tap to enlarge

Uncommon View of a Common Merganser

Yesterday, Dec. 28, was the day of the annual Cortes Island “Christmas Day” bird count. I was participating as a “backyard” observer. In the afternoon with the sun shining low in the sky and the tide being high this female Common Merganser decided to fish right under our deck. Our “front yard”!

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The Common merganser

The common merganser or goosander is a large seaduck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia, and North America. The common merganser eats mainly fish. It nests in holes in trees.

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Uploaded Dec 29, 2020. Captured Dec 28, 2020 14:27 in 315 Whaletown Rd, Whaletown, BC V0P 1Z0, Canada.
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  • E-M5MarkIII
  • f/7.1
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO5000
  • 300mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.