Wednesday, August 6, 2008

I took this picture a week ago today on Carmans River. It is, I believe, a female Red-breasted Merganser. In my three most recent trips along the Carmans I’ve made about five sightings of this species, always female and always alone. It’s possible that I’ve been seeing the same bird each time. Mergansers are diving ducks with serrated bills – cool, huh? – that they use to catch small fish and crustaceans. JK