Merganserlings, part deux

Female common merganser with chicks on back — Much better shot of the merganser in Tallinn with chicks on her back. More pictures and video to follow.

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2019 in Birds

October (1)
157. Tawny Owl

August (1)
156. Hooded Crow

May (35)
155. Eurasian Reed Warbler
154. Bank Swallow
153. Common Tern
152. Common Swift
151. Wild Turkey
150. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
149. Red-breasted Nuthatch
148. Northern Flicker
147. Ring-billed Gull
146. House Wren
145. White-breasted Nuthatch
144. Eastern Kingbird
143. Northern Cardinal
142. Great Blue Heron
141. Downy Woodpecker
140. Brown-headed Cowbird
139. Warbling Vireo
138. Red-winged Blackbird
137. Blue Jay
136. Song Sparrow
135. Dark-eyed Junco
134. White-throated Sparrow
133. Black-throated Blue Warbler *
132. Northern Mockingbird
131. American Crow
130. Chipping Sparrow
129. Gray Catbird
128. Red-bellied Woodpecker
127. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
126. Tufted Titmouse
125. Black-capped Chickadee
124. American Robin
123. Common Grackle
122. Turkey Vulture
121. Mourning Dove

April (10)
120. Sedge Warbler
119. Fieldfare
118. Greater Whitethroat
117. Whinchat *
116. Common Nightingale
115. Common Cuckoo
114. Common House Martin
113. Barn Swallow
112. Eurasian Skylark
111. Willow Warbler

March (13)
110. Stock Dove
109. Spotted Redshank
108. Common Snipe
107. Jack Snipe *
106. Canada Goose
105. Eurasian Blackcap
104. Audouin's Gull *
103. Booted Eagle *
102. Eurasian Marsh Harrier
101. Cetti's Warbler
100. Red Kite
99. Eurasian Hoopoe
98. Firecrest

February (5)
97. Short-toed Treecreeper
96. Eurasian Nuthatch
95. Dunnock
94. Reed Bunting
93. Little Grebe

January (92)
92. Eurasian Siskin
91. Long-tailed Tit
90. Iceland Gull
89. Common Buzzard
88. Eurasian Wren
87. Bearded Reedling *
86. Ring-necked Pheasant
85. Eurasian Curlew
84. Northern Shoveler
83. Common Kingfisher
82. Common Merganser
81. Common Goldeneye
80. Red-crested Pochard
79. Smew
78. Great Egret
77. Green-winged Teal
76. Hen Harrier
75. European Golden Plover
74. Eurasian Wigeon
73. Northern Lapwing
72. Greater White-fronted Goose
71. Barnacle Goose
70. Great Spotted Woodpecker
69. Egyptian Goose
68. Graylag Goose
67. Common Wood Pigeon
66. Rose-ringed Parakeet
65. European Starling
64. Mallard
63. Common Pochard
62. Gadwall
61. Great Crested Grebe
60. Herring Gull
59. Mew Gull
58. Mute Swan
57. Tufted Duck
56. Eurasian Moorhen
55. Carrion Crow
54. Great Tit
53. Eurasian Jackdaw
52. Eurasian Blue Tit
51. Little Stint *
50. Zitting Cisticola
49. Black-tailed Godwit
48. Common Shelduck
47. European Goldfinch
46. Sandwich Tern
45. Caspian Tern
44. Pied Avocet
43. Black-winged Stilt
42. Eurasian Coot
41. Bar-tailed Godwit
40. Kentish Plover *
39. Eurasian Spoonbill
38. Eurasian Oystercatcher
37. Eurasian Kestrel
36. Crested Lark
35. Whimbrel
34. European Serin
33. White Wagtail
32. Black Redstart
31. Eurasian Jay
30. Mediterranean Gull
29. European Stonechat
28. Sanderling
27. Common Redshank
26. Common Greenshank
25. Dunlin
24. Common Ringed Plover
23. Ruddy Turnstone
22. Black-bellied Plover
21. Little Egret
20. Grey Heron
19. Common Sandpiper
18. Yellow-legged Gull
17. Black-headed Gull
16. European Robin
15. Common Chaffinch
14. European Greenfinch
13. Song Thrush
12. Sardinian Warbler
11. Iberian Magpie *
10. Cattle Egret
9. Common Chiffchaff
8. Eurasian Blackbird
7. Eurasian Magpie
6. Great Cormorant
5. Eurasian Collared Dove
4. White Stork
3. House Sparrow
2. Rock Pigeon
1. Lesser Black-backed Gull

* denotes lifer

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