Sentences with word «merganser»
A "merganser" is a type of water bird that belongs to the duck family. It has a long slender bill and often dives underwater to catch fish. Full definition
In spring and summer, the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon will be filled with avian invaders like this family of common merganser ducks.
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He demonstrates his quick, sharp eye for the split - second body language of birds with his image of a common merganser making an uncommon splash as it zooms through the water.
Native birds such as bald eagles, great horned owls, hooded mergansers, wood ducks, and neotropical migrants such as common yellowthroats (contrary to their name, their numbers are few and they are rarely seen), Wilson's warblers, and western tanagers all live in the Black River Riparian Forest.
I In the fall and winter seasons, Red - Breasted Mergansers, Ruddy Ducks and Common Loons come to visit.
Visitors to San Josef Bay will often see river otters and mink in the river and estuary, as well as Canada geese, common merganser and, in the winter, Trumpeter swans.
The puddle ducks are in the patches of open water near shore, the mergansers farther out, and the gulls stand in a great white crescent on the ice in the center of the reservoir, folding and unfolding their wings.
«Herons, ospreys, kingfishers, and mergansers are the major predators of adult trout, and all of them attack from above....
The art cognoscenti certainly don't go gaga over beautifully rendered mallards and mergansers.
The researchers point out that these landing tracks resemble those of living birds like the merganser duck, which adjusts the way its wings flap to slow down enough to land on both feet.
This is a great time of year for bird watchers who can spot Peregrine Falcons, Buffleheads, mergansers and many other wintering species along the beaches, estuaries and forests.
Look for Buffleheads, Mergansers and other waterfowl in Ecola Creek or at the 2nd Street lagoons.
Rafters have also seen black bear, deer, beaver, weasel, eagles, mergansers, kingfishers, seals and other wildlife on this family tour.
That is where the viewers eye enters, with all the dark tonal variations and large abstract shapes that lead the viewers eye right up the pole of the dock to the merganser.