TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Common Merganser Common Merganzer- Mergus merganser Common Merganser, Mergus merganser, Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae, Subfamily Anatinae. These "far in the distance" Common Mergansers were found on the north side of the Dunlapsville Causeway in a small ice-free opening on the last day of January on Brookville Reservoir in extreme SE Indiana. Tundra Swans were also inhabiting the same area. Photo: Jan 31, 2005, Canon EOS Mark II digital camera with 600mm f/4.0 L IS lens and 1.4X Teleconverter More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Merganser.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.