Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (3)
- Reported Feb 08, 2026 13:52 by Matthew Miller
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S298974008
- Comments: "All males, with green heads and red bills. Distinct slender merganser shape and coloration. Swimming in the last patch of unfrozen water with many other birds
"It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it."
--John Burroughs, conservationist and author
- Reported Feb 08, 2026 13:52 by Matthew Miller
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S298974008
- Comments: "All males, with green heads and red bills. Distinct slender merganser shape and coloration. Swimming in the last patch of unfrozen water with many other birds
"It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it."
--John Burroughs, conservationist and author
