{"id":17368,"date":"2012-07-17T14:13:53","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T12:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/merganser-mergus-merganser\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:33:29","slug":"merganser-mergus-merganser","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/ducks\/merganser-mergus-merganser\/","title":{"rendered":"Merganser Mergus merganser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), also known as a the goosander, is a large-sized duck, which is distributed over Europe, North Asia and North America. North American birds migrate south in small groups to the United States wherever ice free conditions exist on ponds, lakes &amp; rivers; on the west coast, some birds are permanent residents. Scandinavian &amp; Russian birds also migrate southwards, but western European birds are largely resident.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-53-17368\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9914\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/merganser-mergus-merganser\/merganser_3_wm.jpg\" title=\"Female Eurasian Goosander (Mergus merganser)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Female Eurasian Goosander (Mergus merganser)\" alt=\"Female Eurasian Goosander (Mergus merganser)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/merganser-mergus-merganser\/thumbs\/thumbs_merganser_3_wm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Female Eurasian Goosander (Mergus merganser)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9913\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/merganser-mergus-merganser\/merganser_1_wm.jpg\" title=\"Male Eurasian Goosander (Mergus merganser)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Male Eurasian Goosander (Mergus merganser)\" alt=\"Male Eurasian Goosander (Mergus merganser)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/merganser-mergus-merganser\/thumbs\/thumbs_merganser_1_wm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Male Eurasian Goosander (Mergus merganser)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6245\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/merganser-mergus-merganser\/merganser_03.jpg\" title=\"Merganser flying into the sunrise\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Merganser flying into the sunrise\" alt=\"Merganser flying into the sunrise\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/merganser-mergus-merganser\/thumbs\/thumbs_merganser_03.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Merganser flying into the sunrise<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/merganser.mp3\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">merganser<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), also known as a the goosander, is a large-sized duck, which is distributed over Europe, North Asia and North America. 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