Swimming In Silver
by Gayle Swigart
Title
Swimming In Silver
Artist
Gayle Swigart
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A male and female Common Merganser pair swims in Budd Inlet, Puget Sound, Washington.
The long, narrow bill with serrated edges readily distinguishes mergansers from all other ducks. Common mergansers (Mergus merganser) are among the largest ducks, but are less stocky than Eiders and Goldeneyes. In flight, they appear more elongated than other ducks, flying in trailing lines close to the water's surface. Common Mergansers breed from Alaska, the southern Yukon, Labrador and Newfoundland south to central California, Arizona, New Mexico, southern Chihuahua and east of the Rockies to Minnesota, Michigan, New York, New England and Nova Scotia. Common Mergansers nest in tree cavities, nest boxes, cliff crevices and on the ground, generally near clear-water rivers in forested regions and on mountainous terrain. Female Common Mergansers lay an average of 9-12 eggs. Common Mergansers eat mainly fish, amphibians, crustaceans, mollusks and other invertebrates obtained by diving underwater in marine and freshwater habitats.
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February 21st, 2013
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