A lone merganser chick hitching a ride on the Mom-Merganser ferry. Taken while kayaking on Leigh Lake in Grand Teton National Park.
A lone merganser chick hitching a ride on the Mom-Merganser ferry. Taken while kayaking on Leigh Lake in Grand Teton National Park.
nature has no boss 
The smile of the day!! 🙂
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Thanks Hanne and have a great day.
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You too, Mike.
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Thanks, I will.
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Beautiful capture!
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Thanks and wishing you a great day.
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So damn cute!!!! Oh, my heavens what a picture!
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Thanks Debi, it was a treat to get to see these two swim by that day. Hope your week is off to a great start.
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Awwwe…this made me smile!! The little one is so cute but will he grow up to have bad hair like his mommy? LOL
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Hi Laura, junior will inherit the bad hair day from Mom. At least there is no need for additional “product’ to maintain that style.
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Haha too funny
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Have a great one.
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Beautiful!
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Thanks, it was fun to have these two swim right by while were were out on the water that day.
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Brilliant!!!
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Thanks John, we were just luck that day in that these two happened to swim right thy us.
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Really nice photo, Mike.
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Thanks Rob, hope you are having a great day.
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CUTE!
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Thanks.
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What a lovely image.
The first time I saw cygnets riding on their Mother’s back, I was astonished. Obviously other birds do the same thing.
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It is cool to see isn’t it. We don’t have swans around here but I have seen Mergansers doing this every once in awhile. Hope you are having a great day.
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Aww! So cute! 🙂
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Hey thanks a bunch, hope you are doing well and your week is going great.
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Thanks, Mike! Best wishes to you!
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Your welcome.
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Very cute! I got a pic of some Mergansers in Crater Lake this last weekend, but nothing nearly as cute as this… 🙂
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Hi and thanks, I have never been to crater lake but would like to some day. Is the water as clear as they say? Hope you are having a great day.
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It is as clear as they say. They have done clarity tests and typically you can see down about 120 feet. The record for the lake was 149 feet! The blue is an amazing indigo – absolutely gorgeous! I posted about it a few years back when we visited, but I will be posting about my more recent visit soon. http://wineandhistory.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/crater-lake-beauty-and-some-sneezing-too/ You have a great day too!
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Thanks for the info and link. Have a great weekend.
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I like the mom’s mohawk and how contented the baby looks. Nice photo.
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Hi and hope things are going well. Those female mergansers do have one wild hair-do which when I take a look around the city this week well…seems not so wild.
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Funny!
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🙂
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Awesome shot!!! I didn’t know Mergansers carry their chicks, I thought only loons did that. Learned something new today – thanks!
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Hi Eliza, we have seen this a couple of times and when we saw it this time it was news to us as well.
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I absolutely LOVE this picture.
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Hi Kathy, it was indeed one of those Kodak moments so to speak. Hope your day is going well.
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What a beauty, the little one.
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Indeed, cute a a button.
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Mom lookin’ very determined…she has precious cargo! Made me smile… 😀
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Indeed and probably trying to get a bit of distance away from us. We spotted these two while coming around a corner in our kayaks.
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Thats a great shot. I have a difficult relationship with mergansers. I have been trying to get a decent image for years. Never had the problem with any other waterbird – just mergansers
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Hi, very strange as around here they are shy but not nearly as shy as goldeneyes and many others.
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