Goosanders

I went for a walk along the river Nidelva in Trondheim this morning before I headed to the office. Had some nice views of a group of three Goosanders Mergus merganser (N=laksand), of which two were males and one was a female. These birds are used to being fed bread by the public, but I was there well before the first crust-throwers appeared. Goosanders normally eat fish. The bright early morning sunlight made photographing the males rather tricky.

Two goosanders, the female on the left, male on the right.

Male goosander

Female goosander