{"id":17377,"date":"2012-07-17T14:14:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T12:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:59:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:59:18","slug":"red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/ducks\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) is a diving duck. Its breeding habitat is freshwater lakes and rivers across northern North America, Greenland, Europe and Asia. It nests in sheltered locations on the ground near water. It is migratory and many northern breeders winter in coastal waters further south.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-62-17377\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-414\" 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\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-9.jpg\" title=\"Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Ireland (22 May 2010) | \u00a9 2010 Ken Billington\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Ireland (22 May 2010) | \u00a9 2010 Ken Billington\" alt=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/thumbs\/thumbs_red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-413\" 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\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-8.jpg\" title=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/thumbs\/thumbs_red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-412\" 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\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-7.jpg\" title=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/thumbs\/thumbs_red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) <\/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\t<div id=\"ngg-image-411\" 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\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-6.jpg\" title=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/thumbs\/thumbs_red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-410\" 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\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-5.jpg\" title=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/thumbs\/thumbs_red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-409\" 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\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-4.jpg\" title=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/thumbs\/thumbs_red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) <\/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\t<div id=\"ngg-image-408\" 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\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator\/red-breasted-merganser-mergus-serrator-3.jpg\" title=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) at Gubbeen, Co. 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