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mcdude Senior Member Registered: July 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,361	4-19-05 - All these birds seem to land just after ice-out, pair off and head for greener pastures (bluer waters?)
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ApS

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Registered: January 2005
Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro
Posts: 5,800

Tue January 20, 2009 6:03pm

Those are the Common Merganser: male to the Left.

The males only appear in the early summer and leave the raising of chicks to Mom—unlike the Common Loon, which both nurture.

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