Baby Common Mergansers #wednesdaywalk

A mother Common Merganser "walked" along with me on my #wednesdaywalk today πŸ™‚ Three of her babies refused to walk and had to be carried lol


Happy #wednesdaywalk hosted by @tattoodjay. Take some time and get out there for a walk of your own ✌️



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Awwwww! So cute! I haven't seen many baby ducks or geese this year. Might have something to do with the river being in flood stage and the mom's keeping the babies in the backwaters.

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We have a nesting pair of loons on the lake too πŸ™‚ but no babies yet this year from them

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I'm excited about the Heron rookery that is not on my property, but is only a very short distance up river. Wish we had loons... Instead we have too many people.

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I visited a heron rookery once near Sacramento, California. Very cool πŸ‘ I was surprised loons live around here. I didn't think we were far enough north but there are several mating pairs at the area lakes.

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When I was a kid there were loons here. No longer.
The rookery photos were taken by my neighbor from her kayak.

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Wow, they have nice coloring for little ducklings. The waves really crash them around lol.

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Interesting colors. We had hooded mergansers in California that were much more colorful than the common ones here. But I never saw any of their babies.

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Yeah I think they nest much farther north, maybe in Seattle or even Alaska.

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