Adult female Common merganser (Mergus merganser), with chicks, Leigh Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Adult female Common merganser (Mergus merganser) with chicks, Leigh Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Common merganser (goosander) (Mergus merganser), French Creek, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Adult female common merganser (Mergus merganser) in breeding plumage in Gambier Bay on Admiralty Island, Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult male common merganser (Mergus merganser) in breeding plumage taking flight in Gambier Bay on Admiralty Island, Southeastern Alaska, USA

Adult male and female common mergansers (Mergus merganser) in breeding plumage in Gambier Bay on Admiralty Island, Southeastern Alaska, USA

Grasses, Merganser, and morning fog on the lake at Crane Prairie Reservoir, Deschutes National Forest, Central Oregon.

Common merganser (Mergus merganser), swimming female with many chicks on her back, Zugersee, Switzerland, Europe

Common merganser (Mergus merganser) or goosander mother with her youngsters swimming in danubia river at sunset, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Common merganser (Mergus merganser) or goosander mother with her youngsters swimming in danubia river, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Common merganser (Mergus merganser) or goosander mother with her youngsters swimming in danubia river, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) and common merganser (Mergus merganser) female standing on a rock, La Mauricie National Park. Province of Quebec. Canada