
Female Common Mergansers
captured during a kayak paddle on Lake Sammamish - I need a waterproof camera with a longer lens :p… I saw two different kinds of hawks and bald eagles on the same day, but don't have enough zoom on this little camera for real bird photos (and it's not even waterproof… better not drop it in)

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.
Similar species: Ducks, Geese, Etc.
By morpheme
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Uploaded Aug 10, 2014. Captured Aug 8, 2014 02:20 in 5230 Northwest Sammamish Road, Issaquah, WA 98027, USA.