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merganser or goosander? (1 Viewer)

dawny

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Hi can you tell which this is. I took two photos of the same bird. I thought it was a merganser as there is white near the bill ,but someone else reported it as a goosander. I would appreciate your thoughts Thanks.
 

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As said it is a Red-breasted Merganser, the big clues are the "double punk" hair style and the lack of a clear demarcation between head and breast colours.
 
Thanks everyone. I'm still learning so when someone else made a different identification I assumed I was wrong and they were right. Glad I checked with you :)
 
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