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10:15, 05-Jun-2018
A ‘family tour’ of the scaly-sided mergansers in NE China
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It is reproduction season for the scaly-sided mergansers, and a family of the sea duck was recently captured by photographers in Jilin Province.
Scaly-sided merganser nestlings playing in a lake in Jilin Province. /Photo by Jin Zhigui, China Daily
Scaly-sided merganser nestlings playing in a lake in Jilin Province. /Photo by Jin Zhigui, China Daily
Mother scaly-sided merganser swimming on the lake with nestlings in Jilin. /Photo by Jin Zhigui, China Daily
Mother scaly-sided merganser swimming on the lake with nestlings in Jilin. /Photo by Jin Zhigui, China Daily
Scaly-sided mergansers swimming in a lake in Jilin Province. /Photo by Jin Zhigui, China Daily
Scaly-sided mergansers swimming in a lake in Jilin Province. /Photo by Jin Zhigui, China Daily
The scaly-sided merganser, or Chinese merganser, is an endangered type of sea duck that lives in East Asia. It is also one of the world’s most ancient species.
(Head image is a file photo from VCG, of scaly-sided mergansers spotted in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province.)