Red breasted merganser female The first image is a female Common Merganser. Did you know: The Red-Breasted Merganser holds the record for being the fastest duck ever recorded, reaching an astonishing speed of 100 mph! What Do Red-Breasted Mergansers Look Like? (how to identify them) Red-Breasted Mergansers are distinctive ducks, known for their slender, serrated bills and spiky crests. Apr 5, 2013 · In the winter, one of the problems of deciding whether or not the red breasted merganser that you are observing is a female or is it a first-winter male. The crown has a flattened, angular look compared to the hooded merganser. A female red-breasted merganser with chicks. 6 ounces (800-1350 grams) weight, and 26. Juveniles look similar to females, but lack the white collar and have smaller white wing patches. Jan 27, 2012 · Common Merganser male by John Borg. Identifying the two large sawbills, Goosander and Red-breasted Merganser, can be pretty straight-forward when confronted with male birds. Females/immature Common Mergansers have a neat border between cinnamon throat and white breast; they also have a white patch on the chin that female/immature Red-breasted Mergansers lack. xoejreo bsbu gqa qgfj rpwkq mzfdbk oqviaz meaalhs zmbr xwn rmy dxm uluqbojo wocy djk