01/28/14
I am linking up with Wild Bird Wednesday and Nature Notes
I am sharing the Red-breasted and Common Mergansers. The Red-Breasted Mergansers were seen at Barnegat Lighthouse and they can be found all along the Atlantic coast. Sorry for the lighting, it was a gray day.
I am pretty sure these are female Red-breasted Mergansers with their shaggy crest.
Above are the Red-Breasted Mergansers. The male has a rusty breast, white neck and a shaggy crest.
Common Mergansers have been seen on our lake in the winter. They are rarely found in salt water.
Above for comparison the male Common Merganser in the front left has a brilliant white bottom and a green head. The females have a rufous head with a neat crest. I think both Mergansers females have weird looking do's.
Thanks for stopping by my post and for all the nice comments.
Join in and post your birdies and to see more beautiful and wonderful bird photos please visit:
Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday and Michelle's Nature Notes. Thanks to our host Michelle our host Stewart. Happy Birding and have a wonderful week!
I am linking up with Wild Bird Wednesday and Nature Notes
I am sharing the Red-breasted and Common Mergansers. The Red-Breasted Mergansers were seen at Barnegat Lighthouse and they can be found all along the Atlantic coast. Sorry for the lighting, it was a gray day.
I am pretty sure these are female Red-breasted Mergansers with their shaggy crest.
Above are the Red-Breasted Mergansers. The male has a rusty breast, white neck and a shaggy crest.
Common Mergansers have been seen on our lake in the winter. They are rarely found in salt water.
Above for comparison the male Common Merganser in the front left has a brilliant white bottom and a green head. The females have a rufous head with a neat crest. I think both Mergansers females have weird looking do's.
Thanks for stopping by my post and for all the nice comments.
Join in and post your birdies and to see more beautiful and wonderful bird photos please visit:
Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday and Michelle's Nature Notes. Thanks to our host Michelle our host Stewart. Happy Birding and have a wonderful week!
Lovely photos! We just get teh red breasted mergansers over here, I see a lot of females and youngsters but rarely see males, which is a shame as they're so handsome!
ReplyDeleteHi Eileen. lovely to see these birds however I think the last shot is Goosanders. Note they are larger, the male has an all white front, no rusty breast and the back plumage is different than the R.B Mergansers. what do you think?
ReplyDeletegood morning eileen,
ReplyDeletesuch adorably handsome ducks and such beautiful shots, eileen!
have a great day and stay warm, i know you're having some cold weather.
what cool hair styles. ( :
ReplyDeleteSuch interesting plumage. I keep thinking some of them have really bad hair - I should reach for some shears.
ReplyDeleteI find them so sweet with their funny hairstyle :)) Great photos of the mergansers!
ReplyDeleteLovely bird photos! So nice to see. A happy week I also wish you!
ReplyDeleteI really wish we had these birds where I live - they're so lovely to look at!
ReplyDeleteBrrrrrr . . . tell them the water is COLD!
ReplyDeleteSuper photos Eileen, I love looking at your different varieties of ducks. Have a great day :)
ReplyDeleteI love seeing both the red-breasted and common mergansers. Here they swim in water that is surrounded by ice. Brrr.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots. Last week was the first time I've seen a RB merganser at my neighborhood lake.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great series of these beautiful Mergansers.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful as bobbing in the water.
they're so cute - and 'punky'. :)
ReplyDeleteI rarely get a glimpse of 'em.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I need to hang out on freshwater areas more
:O)
It's so wonderful to see your bird photos, for they are quite different from those in Australia, which are also different from the European ones.Thanks for your visit. No, the Dutch clogs are not comfortable, but the Swedish are,
ReplyDeleteWil, ABCW Team.
The merganser is such an interesting duck. How great to see more than one variety together.
ReplyDeleteI'm lovin' it!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove your merganzer photos!
ReplyDeleteLove those mergansers and their shaggy crest! Looks like they are having a bad hair day.
ReplyDeleteI love their crests! Nice captures Eileen!
ReplyDeleteThis species of bird is not in my country.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting and beautiful water birds.
I send you warm greetings of distant Polish...
Lucia
Good to see your comparison shots of the two species Eileen. I'm not seeing any of these guys and gals here in Lanzarote. I'm wishing some sunny days for you.
ReplyDeleteNice captures, Eileen! We get the Mergansers here as well, at a local lake. I love seeing them.
ReplyDeleteThey look rather funny with their red heads !
ReplyDeleteI enjoy seeing ALL of the Mergansers. Beautiful --no matter which 'kind' they are...
ReplyDeleteStay WARM today. Brrrrr.
Hugs,
Betsy
Ηello Eileen!!Great post!!!Amazing shots!!I have never seen the red breasted mergansers!So preety ducks!Wish you a happy and warm week!!Hugs!!
ReplyDeleteDimi...
Beautiful photos of beautiful birds!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots! The females do have some funny hairdos haha!
ReplyDeletehallo...just become member on your blog...the first post i comment..beautiful fotos...
ReplyDeletehope talk on our blogs with comments
thank you
Nice photo post on the mergansers. I only see hoodies sometimes during migration when they stop on the pond.. Michelle
ReplyDeleteThey definitely have wild and crazy 'hair-dos" but what a beautiful duck!
ReplyDeleteSince I have only seen them in books, magazines and on the net, up close and personal is great!...:)JP
ReplyDeleteThese are marvelous photos of a duck we don't see around here. Thanks for sharing these with us.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and commenting on my Critter post.
ReplyDeleteWe have Common Mergansers at our cabin. They are pretty much resident, but I do see more in the warmer months. A week ago, a lone male came by out front.
Margy
What a nice set of photos. The ducks are so pretty and interesting. That water looks SOSOSOSO cold.
ReplyDeleteTo są piękne ptaki i szkoda, że u nas ich nie ma. Pozdrawiam.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful birds and a shame that with us they do not. Yours.
Great shots, Eileen! Mergansers are such interesting looking ducks! Love their funky do's!!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty ducks! I haven't seen either species, except in photos.
ReplyDeleteThey certainly do have a wild hair day going on!
ReplyDeleteI think someone is having a bad hair day.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info... Unusual birds to me. I agree with the previous comment - the water looks cold!
ReplyDeleteLovely are the ducks.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. I've occasionally seen female common mergansers, but never a male.
ReplyDeleteI love those shaggy wigs on the mergansers ... so very cute Eileen.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty Eileen, great photos of the Merganser.
ReplyDeleteI do love their unusual "hair-do's" :)
ReplyDeleteGreat set of pics Eileen, its a while sisnce I've seen either of these species.
ReplyDeleteTake care, Gordon.
Hello Eileen, I am running behind with blog reading due to our weather. These are lovely photos and a real treat for me to see. Wishing you a nice day.
ReplyDeleteMildred
We see these mergansers in northern Ontario when we're camping. I always think they're rather comical with their quick, purposeful swimming and funky hair ;) Wendy x
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos of the ducks. It looks a bit windy in your area...
ReplyDeleteBest regards, Synnöve
What hairdos they have!
ReplyDeleteHello Eileen,
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting post.
Mergansers are lovely ducks and I can't wait to see some.
It looks like we don't get them down where I live... Too bad!
I love their peculiar beaks!
Keep well!
awesome images....love that punk rock hair do!!
ReplyDeleteMergansers are amazing birds....and to spot both in the same area makes the ID sometimes challenging:) I think I slide to RBME as my favorite of the two....but they are both cool:)
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely birds. I only get to see Goosanders and Mergansers when I am in Scotland ... so great, Eileen, to see your photos now.
ReplyDeleteI do like the Merganser. I don't see enough of them, so great to see your pictures.
ReplyDeleteHi Eileen
ReplyDeleteAlways love those "crazy hair" Merganser gals!
Very nice shots. Gray day or not. We have several type of Merganser drop in at our pond now and then. We call it the Pond Motel---stay a day or a week. MB
ReplyDeleteGreat photos Eileen, I love Mergansers those wild hairstyles are great!
ReplyDeleteI love the female mergansers with their strange "hair dos". They always look like they are having a bad hair day.
ReplyDeleteThe Mergansers are beautifull, I'd love to see them in person. Even salt water will no in winter.
ReplyDeleteGreat series, Eileen.
Keep warm :)
Lovely photos, Eileen! It would be so neat to see so many mergansers ant one time!
ReplyDeleteDearest Eileen;
ReplyDeleteYour photos are always fabulous; I enjoyed the varieties of colors and feathery heads of Mergansers♡♡♡
Sending you lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my dear friend in America, xoxo Miyako*