Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Mergansers/ Watery Wednesday


Female or non-breeding male red-breasted merganser

I had to look these up in a bird identification book because I don't ever remember seeing these birds before. Apparently the ones here now spend the summer in the north and this is a pit stop on their way to a warmer clime.



Mergansers fishing close to the shore

In the second photo, they are diving for small fish.  They were mostly under water so were hard to capture with my camera. Don't you love their punk hair-dos?

   You can find more photos celebrating Watery Wednesday at http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com
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30 comments:

  1. Cezar and LéiaNovember 10, 2009 at 1:14 PM

    What a beautiful moment!These pictures are wonderful but my heart is in love for that first one! :)
    Lovely post!
    Léia

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  2. Rune EideNovember 10, 2009 at 1:29 PM

    You have a fantastic ability to hit the nail - every time.

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  3. Betsy Banks AdamsNovember 10, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    Beautiful 'water' pictures of the Mergansers, EG. They are headed for warmer weather I'm sure.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  4. BettyNovember 10, 2009 at 1:48 PM

    Wonderful pictures. I do love there hair do.

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  5. GeorgeNovember 10, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    I definitely do like those punk hair-dos. Both pictures are wonderful, but I especially like your first one.

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  6. Craver ViiNovember 10, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    Outstanding piccies! The Mohawks rock! I'm glad to have stopped by. The one with just its head sticking out of the water is such an unusual sight.

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  7. cieldequimperNovember 10, 2009 at 3:09 PM

    The first one is outstanding but I also like the trilogy a lot!

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  8. Martha ZNovember 10, 2009 at 4:59 PM

    Beautiful birds and a great capture for the photographer. I find birds to be very uncooperative subjects.

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  9. MichaelNovember 10, 2009 at 5:54 PM

    Great pics here. I love these birds.

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  10. JapaNovember 10, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    These are fantastic shots, I would love to see for myself and enjoy.

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  11. eileeninmdNovember 10, 2009 at 6:20 PM

    Love the Mergansers. They have cool doo's.
    Great capture!

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  12. LowellNovember 10, 2009 at 6:24 PM

    I've never seen these before, either. They must not make it all the way down to Florida!

    Beautiful photos, E.G. I especially like the action of the first one!

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  13. Happily Retired GalNovember 10, 2009 at 7:57 PM

    Both are BEAUTIFUL photos ;-)
    Thanks for looking them up and sharing what you found. I love learning new things as I visit.
    Hugs and blessings,

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  14. Mona SwedenNovember 10, 2009 at 8:19 PM

    Great shots! Yes I really do like those punk hair-dos. They look so cool.

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  15. judi/GmjNovember 10, 2009 at 8:38 PM

    great shots, red headed water clowns!

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  16. DimpleNovember 10, 2009 at 11:02 PM

    Great shots, especially the second one!

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  17. UnknownNovember 10, 2009 at 11:11 PM

    the first photo is spectacular! what a great capture.

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  18. EJNovember 10, 2009 at 11:39 PM

    Looks like they're dancing!

    Come and swim with the Whale shark

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  19. kayerjNovember 11, 2009 at 12:43 AM

    great shots, I wish someone would take a picture of you taking a picture so you could post it. I have a vision in my head of you intensly leaning into the camera, focusing the lens and snapping shot after shot. I'd love to see it.

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  20. RoseNovember 11, 2009 at 1:05 AM

    They look like they are having a good time. I think I seen a couple of these at the strip pits last fall/winter but they were too far away to identify for sure.

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  21. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪November 11, 2009 at 4:29 AM

    Beautiful, did you have to wait a long time to shoot such a great photo?

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  22. gengenNovember 11, 2009 at 5:49 AM

    It is beautiful...Happy watery Wednesday.

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  23. B SQUAREDNovember 11, 2009 at 9:05 AM

    Very 'rad' looking.

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  24. BeckyNovember 11, 2009 at 9:27 AM

    I photographed these glorious birds on the creek all summer. I even posted a mama and her 8 babies riding on her back. Aren't they beautiful?
    Thanks too for the tip about the dead head Queen Anne's Lace. I found some open the other day when it was humid here. I didn't know this.
    Happy WW.
    Becky

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  25. JudyNovember 11, 2009 at 10:20 AM

    Well, if they were making it hard to get photos, you outwitted them!! These are gorgeous! I really love the water in the second shot, where the three of them must have come up at much the same time!!

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  26. EllieNovember 11, 2009 at 1:06 PM

    I've never seen such bird before. Interesting bill. The water looks velveteen smooth.

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  27. Small City ScenesNovember 11, 2009 at 4:30 PM

    Very neat shots. Birds are hard to capture specially with wing going. I like it. MB

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  28. AnonymousNovember 12, 2009 at 3:13 AM

    The color of the water is awesome!

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  29. Buenos Aires PhotoblogNovember 12, 2009 at 6:10 PM

    Absolutely, animal photography is quite challenging but you mastered it perfectly.

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  30. LoracNovember 18, 2009 at 12:20 AM

    We egt these at the cottage EG. We also call the Fish Ducks,as that's what they eat and it gives them a very fishy flavour. Can't eat a Merganser.

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