Common Merganser

Common Merganser - Mergus merganser 


Sightings: 

Anchorage, Alaska, 1.9.2015, at least 3 birds.

Notes:

The subspecies, americanus, is the one shown above.   Apparently it has a thicker bill with less of a hook than the nominate European subspecies, and slightly different breeding plumage.

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