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	Common Merganser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The North American Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), or Goosander in Europe, is a large sea duck, which is distributed over Europe, North Asia and North America.
		Males and females are easily distinguished, since the male merganser has a dark green head, while the head of the female is reddish-brown.
		Along with the other typical mergansers, the Smew and the Hooded Merganser, they are therefore often known as "sawbills".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Merganser (170 words)

	University Of Alaska, Stories
		Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)are a large diving fish duck with an average length of 22-27 inches (55-68 cm).
		Mergansers are often called "sheldrakes" or "sawbills", because of their unusual spike-like bills and saw-edged mandibles which help them spear and hold onto fish while diving.
		Merganser's migration routes are from Mexico, Turkey, South China to Alaska and the Northern Hemisphere.
	www.alaska.edu /opa/eInfo/index.xml?StoryID=136 (651 words)

	Common Merganser Male
		Common Merganser Male: The breeding grounds range across Canada from eastern Alaska to Newfoundland on wooded rivers, ponds, and lakes; winters in the south as far as Mexico mainly on large lakes and rivers and occasionally on salt water.
		Common Merganser Male: Six to seventeen light buff or yellowish eggs laid in a down-lined hollow on the ground or in a tree cavity.
		Common Merganser Male: Adult male in alternate plumage is similar to male Red-breasted Merganser, which has streaked reddish breast, grey sides, and a distinct crest.
	www.percevia.com /explorer/db/birds_of_north_america_western/obj/416/target.aspx (558 words)

	BISON Species Account 040322 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Common mergansers are known to winter at the Caballo Reservoir in the middle Rio Grande Valley, though numbers vary greatly between years 50.
		Common mergansers are occasional migrants at the White Sands National Monument, in Dona Ana and Otero counties 47.
		Common mergansers of Fort Bliss are uncommon from the end of November to the beginning of March 71.
	www.fw.vt.edu /fishex/nmex_main/species/040322.htm (2794 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Anatidae - Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		However the throat of the Red-breasted Merganser is not sharply differentiated from the head.
		Habitat: The Common Merganser is found on wooded rivers and ponds during the breeding season.
		During the winter the Common Merganser is most common found in flocks of 10 to 20 individuals.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/ducks/Mmerg.htm (323 words)

	Birds, Familiar: Common Merganser, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		The female is difficult to distinguish from the female red-breasted merganser when she flies from the nest, though she is a decidedly heavier looking bird and has more white in the wings.
		Young.--Several writers state that the young mergansers are carried from a nest in a hollow tree to the water, in the bill of the parent bird; Millais (1913) says that Mr.
		It is more common on the coast of New England than in the interior in the winter, but it winters in large numbers in some of the Great Lakes and on the large rivers of the interior, especially in the rapids and about the cascades of clear-water streams.
	home.bluemarble.net /~pqn/ch61-70/merganse.html (5305 words)

	All About Birds
		A large diving duck with a long thin bill, the Common Merganser is found along large lakes and rivers across the northern hemisphere.
		The Common Merganser usually nests in tree cavities, either those made by large woodpeckers or from where a limb broke off.
		Infrequently a Common Merganser might make its nest in a rock crevice, a hole in the ground, a hollow log, in an old building, or in a chimney.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Merganser.html (279 words)

	Mergus merganser - Grand Harle (Grand Bec-scie) - Common Merganser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Common Merganser is recognized as a duck that frequents fresh, clear water that is well-stocked with fish.
		The Common Merganser's lamellae have been transformed into denticles or small tooth-like projections that enable it to easily capture the small fish on which it feeds.
		The Common Merganser populations have declined since the beginning of the century.
	www.virtualmuseum.ca /Exhibitions/Birds/MSS/Anglais/gharle.htm (284 words)

	The Common Merganser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This duck is common and quite conspicuous, owing to the male’s bright white breast and sides, which contrast starkly with his dark green, almost fl head.
		Common Mergansers are usually seen patrolling the river’s surface in small groups.
		Mergansers are diving ducks, and they eat mostly fish.
	www.bio.umass.edu /biology/conn.river/merg.html (530 words)

	* Merganser - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Merganser bones from coastal sand dunes, some of them from the middens of the Maori and the moa-hunters who preceded them, have been identified by Scarlett,...
		The Brazilian Merganser is one of the rarest birds in South America and is classified as Critical by Birdlife International in " "...
		The Red-breasted Merganser is most often seen along coastlines of the U.S. in the winter, as they prefer to winter on salt-water (unlike the)...
	www.bestknows.com /bird/merganser.html (440 words)

	Original Artwork: Michael Warren: Common Merganser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The common merganser breeds in the cool, upland forest regions of North America and winters throughout most of the United States, shunning the extreme southeast and the more frigid parts of the northcentral United States.
		The common merganser is one of the last ducks to leave for winter quarters, often delaying departure until ponds and lakes are rimmed with ice.
		Since the common merganser often nests in natural cavities or on overhanging banks and islands, the clutch of six to 17 eggs is relatively safe from predators.
	www.windriverstudios.com /EB5SCS2U.htm (358 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Anatidae - Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The male Common Merganser does not have a spikey crest on the head, lacks a brown collar on the neck, and has white, not gray sides and belly.
		The female Common Merganser is similar to the female Red-breasted Merganser.
		However the throat of the female Common Merganser is white and distinctly separated from the rest of the head.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/ducks/Mserra.htm (318 words)

	Wilson Bulletin: Notes on egg laying and incubation in the Common Merganser. (Short Communications)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Wilson Bulletin: Notes on egg laying and incubation in the Common Merganser.
		Wilson Bulletin; 12/1/1994; Lumsden, Harry G. A study was conducted to investigate the nesting behavior of female Common Mergansers located in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
		Nest boxes of the Common Mergansers were parasitized by other species and vice versa.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:16350243&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (193 words)

	Rules & Regulations \| Migratory Game Bird & Waterfowl Hunting
		A hooded merganser is small with a "hood," and has fl and white on each wing patch feather.
		Difficult to distinguish in flight from the Common Merganser.
		Female’s head and neck are paler than female Common Merganser.
	www.agfc.state.ar.us /rules_regs/hunting_regs_migratory_type.html (305 words)

	Space Day Exhibit: Space Grant Research at Augustana
		In recent years, the Common Merganser has been identified as a principal host for adults forms of the parasitic blood flukes that cause human cercarial dermatitis (swimmer's itch)(Loken et al., 1995; Blankespoor and Reimink, 1991).
		Distribution of breeding Common Mergansers is possibly influenced by one or more of the following: availability of fish prey, availability of nest sites, distribution of snail hosts, size of lake, clarity of water, water depth, water temperature, type of lake substrate, amount of shoal, and degree of lakeshore development.
		Once a suite of characteristics that make a lake either suitable or not suitable for Common Merganser breeding has been identified, it ought to be possible to use imagery to predict breeding suitability for lakes all across the breeding range.
	www.augie.edu /related/nasasg/working/site/exhibits/spaceGrant.html (1792 words)

	Nature-Wise by Roy Lukes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Few wild birds are flashier to watch while they are in flight, resting on the water, or engaged in their spectacular courtship, than the common merganser.
		Even though this waterbird does resemble the common loon in some respects, including how it sits on the water, its body size, take-off from the water, and its flight, the large amount of white on the drake’s body and the long thin red bill immediately point to this merganser.
		A hen common merganser prefers a cavity in a deciduous tree that is anywhere from 15 to 50 feet above the ground.
	www.doorbell.net /lukes/a040601.htm (971 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Common Merganser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although this trait is common among many duck species including, in my experience, the Red-breasted Merganser, it is not always true of this bird.
		The food of mergansers is largely small or medium-sized fishes which they capture underwater by swift pursuit.
		Among hunters the Common and the Red-breasted Merganser are often known as "shell-drakes" or "shell-ducks."
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0079.htm (671 words)

	Georgia Wildlife Web Site; birds: Lophodytes cucullatus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During the breeding season, the Hooded Merganser occurs in most of the eastern United States, with isolated populations in the central and northwestern portions of the United States.
		It is not very common throughout the remainder of the Southeast, but it s not listed as requiring any special conservation protection in any other state.
		The Common Merganser has a red bill; the males have a green head, and the females have a rusty red head.
	museum.nhm.uga.edu /gawildlife/birds/anseriformes/icucullatus.html (497 words)

	Common Merganser - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Common Merganser - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		These large fish-eaters have serrated edges to their bills to help them grip their prey.
		The article about Common Merganser contains information related to Common Merganser.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Mergus_merganser (188 words)

	* Merganser - (Animals): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The male common merganser or goosander (M. merganser) has a greenish-fl head, fl back, and a pinkish-white breast and underparts; the male red-breasted merganser (M...
		Unlike goldeneyes, buffleheads, and mergansers, which frequent calmer shorelines and customarily nap on the water,...
		Ducks, with the exception of mergansers, have spatulate bills lined with bony notches, or lamellae, for straining plant and animal matter from water...
	www.bestknows.com /animals/merganser.html (247 words)

	National Wildlife Federation: Montana\|Hunting\|Fishing\|Migratory Birds\|Common Merganser
		Red-breasted merganser is similar, but male has gray sides, white neck ring, and rust-colored breast; female has reddish-brown head that blends into gray of neck.
		Although preferring to feed on lakes, common mergansers are often driven to rivers by cold weather; there they are found in flocks of 10 to 20 birds, all facing upstream and diving in pursuit of fish.
		The narrow bill, with a hooked upper mandible and fine, saw-like teeth along the edges, is specialized to catch slippery fish.
	www.huntingandfishingjournal.org /migratory_common_merganser.php (216 words)

	MSN Encarta - Illinois
		The chief deciduous trees found in the southern part of the state include white oak, which is the state tree, shingle oak, post oak, sweet gum, river birch, and maple.
		Other trees common to Illinois include fl walnut, honey locust, fl cherry, basswood, cottonwood, Kentucky coffee, hackberry, hickory, ash, and sycamore.
		Species of waterfowl commonly seen in the state during the migrations include the Canada goose, common merganser, pintail, lesser scaup, shoveler, blue-wing teal, green-wing teal, ruddy duck, and mallard.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566615_3/Illinois.html (1198 words)

	Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
		The Common Merganser is from the order Anseriformes.
		The Common Merganser was first reported by Linnaeus, 1758.
		The Common Merganser is found in (but not necessarily limited to) the United States of America.
	www.unitedstatesfauna.com /commonmerganser.php (216 words)

	Almaden Valley Bird Sightings, 1998 - 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was in marsh vegetation bordering the lake.
		COMMON MERGANSERS, COMMON MOORHENS, and THAYER'S GULLS were seen near the creek inflow at the lake—John Mariani.
		Ann Verdi reports 3 COMMON LOONS (2 at Calero Reservoir, 1 at Almaden Lake), 9 WOOD DUCKS (at Almaden Reservoir), and COMMON MERGANSERS (at Calero Reservoir and Almaden Lake).
	home.att.net /~redknot/archive1999.html (9333 words)

	Resources on the Green-winged Teal from academic institutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Common Teal: Common [Eurasian Green-winged] Teal (Anas crecca crecca), Dryden, Tompkins County, NY.
		Green-winged Teal is the common wintering teal in the region.
		ARTFL Project: Webster Dictionary, 1913: In America the blue-winged teal (A. discors), the green-winged teal (A. Carolinensis), and the cinnamon teal (A. cynaoptera) are common species, valued...
	mongabay.org /conservation/Green-winged_Teal.htm (817 words)

	Common Merganser Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Common_Merganser (315 words)

	Resources on the Common Teal from academic institutions
		Common Teal: Common [Eurasian Green-winged] Teal (Anas crecca crecca), Dryden, Tompkins
		ADW: Anas crecca: Classification: Anas crecca (common teal).
		NWAAS:Teal: Green-winged Teal is the common wintering teal in the region.
	mongabay.org /conservation/Common_Teal.htm (610 words)

	* Common Merganser - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mergansers are casual, migratory visitors to the Imperial Valley.
		The two species most similar to the Hooded Merganser are the Common Merganser and the Red-breasted Merganser.
		Common Merganser (8) Red-breasted Merganser (120) Red-throated Loon (37) Common...
	www.mimihu.com /bird/common_merganser.html (314 words)

	Common Merganser House
		The Common Merganser prefers to breed in ponds associated with upper portions of rivers in forested regions, and clear, freshwater lakes with forested shorelines.
		The Common Merganser generally nests in cavities in hollow trees near water, but also in dark recesses, on the ground or in nest boxes.
		Mount the Merganser House on a pole in the open water to provide extra protection from predators.
	www.coveside.biz /common-merganser-house.htm (124 words)

	Original Artwork: Don Balke: Common Merganser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Long-bodied and rakish, the Common Merganser resembles a submarine, especially when it settles low on the water and disappears below the water surface without a ripple.
		The water antics of the Common Mergansers delight Americans mostly in the winter, for the birds remain in their northern breeding grounds in the summer.
		But, when the first signs of spring signal the arrival of warm weather, the Mergansers again head north to their breeding grounds in northern evergreen forests.
	www.windriverstudios.com /EB5SCQXZ.htm (460 words)

	Animal Tracks - Common Merganser
		Mergansers dive underwater to catch fish, their preferred prey.
		They build their nests on the ground or in crevices of trees.
		Mergansers are commonly seen flying along some river canyons.
	www.bear-tracker.com /merganser.html (160 words)

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