Merganser Family

Thank you Virginia. They were getting ready to swim away from me.

Thank you Colleen. I think they are lovely lookiing ducks.

This was the only family I have seen this summer. Usually I see more. They are very shy and don’t like for people to get too close. They were getting ready to swim away.

Thank you R4cam. THe female’s “hairstyle” reminds me of Woody Woodpecker.

Thank you lorillee. I was lucky to find them as they are very shy around people.

THank you Brandie! THe little ones were SO cute.

THank you Debbie. I thought the little ducklings were as cute as they could be.

THank you Ranald. I think they are very people shy and skittish. I saw some other mergansers but when I tried to get close enough to get a decent shot, they disappeared. These were getting ready to disappear. I really enjoy seeing these mergansers, don’t you?

THank you very much, WaleskaL!

I think they are beautiful ducks too. I really like the female’s “woody woodpecker” type hairstyle.

Thank you Bunny. I thought I expected to see more than one merganser familes there but this one was the only one I saw.

THank you Jeff. These guys are very people wary so they jumped of the rock and swam away a second or so later.

THank you powerpuff. I enjoy watching these mergansers. They are very people-shy.

Thank you Stephen. This lake in your lovely area. Are you familiar with it? I really enjoy seeing these lovely merganser ducks. They seem to be “people shy” though.

Believe it or not, I don’t think I have ever seen a male merganser-or at least an adult one. I wonder where they hide. Until I looked them up in the bird book I thought males and females looked alike-as loons do.

WOW!! I am excited that the Mergansers were featured. THank you very much. THe little ducklings were SO cute.

Thank You Tallow. Those little ducklings were SO cute.

Thank you very much Leilani! THe little ducklings were as cute as they could be.

Thank you Pat. I wish I could have gotten a little closer but they were getting skittish and quickly swam away and hid.

Thank you very much Leilani! They were SO cute.

Thank you Tibby. I took several photos and tried to get closer but in this one, they had seen me and were getting ready to float away and hide.

Thank you very much Lyn! Arent these little ones cute.

Thank you. The feature was a wonderful surprise.

Thank you Nancy. The little ones were SO cute.

Thank you Rose Mary. The little ones were very cute.

Thank you dorreN! They looked like an interesting family.

Thanks Doreen! A neat poem and definitely all the difference.

Thank you Joanne. These ducks are very shy and run when they see a camera. They disappeared a second after I took the photo.

Thank you Tibby. These mergansers are very shy. They disappeared a second after I took this photo. I would like to have gotten closer but they didn’t cooperate.

Thank you very much Jael. Yes, they are pretty and interesting to watch though they are pretty shy and skittish.