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[CRHuff55@xxxxxxx]

i have just joined this list - on tuesday, june 8 at 8am in the morning , i 
saw on the potomac river in great falls just north of riverbend park, a female 
common merganser with 6 babies, about half grown - i was within ten feet of 
them as i came to the edge of the river off a trail where i frequently walk - i 
talked with carol hadlock whom i know thru the fairfax audubon society - i 
realized that common mergansers do not normally nest this far south and was 
interested if anyone has seen baby mergansers in this area other years - i am 
not 
mistaken in my sighting - i have been a bird watcher for at least 40 years and 
have seen common mergansers along the potomac for years but not during 
breeding season - of course, i have been back the past two days and have not 
seen 
them again - but this is a very isolated area - just interested in other 
sightings - christie huffman

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