The Bird of the Day today is the common Merganser. They are a larger type of diving duck. Other mergansers in our region include the red-breasted merganser and the hooded merganser. You can see some pictures of the hooded mergansers in one of my previous Bird of the Day posts.
I took these pictures right in the Grand Marais, MN harbor. The top picture is near the Coast Guard Station, and the bottom two pictures are from the campground. I enjoyed watching the common merganser with the Canada geese.
