Male has flashing white sides, green head, white breast, and long, thin red bill. Female has gray body and sides; reddish-brown crested head sharply set off from white throat. Red-breasted Merganser is similar, but male has gray sides, white neck ring, and rust-colored breast; female has reddish-brown head that blends into gray of neck.
Common Male Merganser in flight over the Grand River in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. March, 2014
A morning walk on the melting Spring ice on The Grand River, Eaton Rapids, Michigan.
