#merginae

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A common eider diving for prey.

Photograph: Jack Perks/Alamy

(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)

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A stunning goosander drake in low light before sunset #goosander #merganser #commonmerganser #mergus #mergusmerganser #merginae #anatidae #duck #divingduck #bird #ukbird #ukbirding #llanfairfechan (at Llanfairfechan)

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Common goldeneye at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (via USFWS Mountain-Prairie)

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

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Scaly-sided or Chinese mergansers (Mergus squamatus, male on left, female on right) in Yichun, Heilongjiang, China, in April

Photograph: Costfoto/Barcroft Images

(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)

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A pair of migratory scaly-sided mergansers return to Yichun in southern China

Photograph: Costfoto/Barcroft Images

(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)

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Long-tailed Duck on Raritan Bay (by me)

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Common Merganser from the Raritan Estuary CBC (by me)

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Common Merganser at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (via USFWS Mountain-Prairie)

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS