Betty Moore Photography

Some people confuse male common mergansers for loons. The shape of their heads are similar, but as you can see they look quite different. The male merganser is on the left, and the loon on the right. The female common merganser looks different than the male. As you can see below, the male and female […]

I look forward to seeing these small ducks during migration season. We see them in the spring and then later in the fall. They are very skittish and it’s difficult getting any photos of them. These were taken with a 600 mm lens, and then cropped. The male’s head is a glossy green and purple. […]