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Common mergansers are early arrivals.

March 10, 2011 at 11:34PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
00321-004.06 Common Merganser (DIGITAL) male in flight low along the water.  H4R1
(�BillMARCHEL.com/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Common mergansers are among the first waterfowl to arrive in Minnesota during late winter migration. In fact some of the loon-like waterfowl don't actually leave Minnesota. They remain here by utilizing water kept from freezing like that below dams.

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