Common Merganser Female - Serpentine Fen, BC
There are a few ducks where the female stands out at being as attractive as the males and this is one. The female Common Merganser is a common resident during the winter here hunting fish and crustaceans in the local tidal rivers and bays in Vancouver. You can tell what each duck eats by the shape of the bill and this fish hunter needs a pointy bill with a bit of a hook at the end where as Northern Shoveler's filter out the plankton and biofilm off the top of the water. This was taken at the Serpentine Fen in the suburb of Surrey, BC