<i>Mergus merganser</i>
Length: 2"
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Common Mergansers are very elegant looking birds.
They are fish eaters and their bills have serrated edges which help them
grip their prey.
In the S.F. Bay area we mostly see them in on-breeding plumage.
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As the pictures show below, Common Merganser juveniles are very cute.
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