Common merganser (普通沙秋鴨）

Hi Thomas and Grace,

There was another surprise in our regular outing to the wilderness(野外）last week. It was a gloomy rainy day in Riley Park at Lock #24 of C&O Canal off River Road, Potomac, Maryland. We spotted this family of common merganser in the creek when we were about to park our car. Just share a photo or two with you. Are they gorgeous? Notice that few chicks ride on mom’s back while the rest following right behind. Cute, sweet and spectacular , isn’t it? It’s said that like other migratory waterfowl, they come south in the Winter and fly back north in the Spring; and it’s rare and unusual to stay down to have a family here.

普通沙秋鴨（Common Merganser)

公嬤生來兩個樣

公鴨身白綠頭拏

嘛鴨灰身紅頭尾

普通沙秋鴨

入冬南飛來過冬

春雷一過轉北方

依照專家講

這種鴨罕得留下

交配孵卵降細鴨

虎年好虎氣

睹到這群沙秋鴨

歸年平安也快樂

Big Ben

華府

4/26/22