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The Sawbill or Red-breasted Merganser (_Merganser serrator_).
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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The term Merganser is derived from the plan of the bird's bill, which is furnished with saw teeth fitting into each other.
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BP acquired the interests in the fields — Magnolia, Merganser, Nansen and Zia — from Devon Energy earlier in 2010.
BP Slams Oil-Spill Critics James Herron 2010
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On the northern end of the pond, we watched Red-breasted Merganser ducks swim along with more common mallards and Canadian geese.
A Big Fish in Many Ponds Joel Henning 2011
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They spoke in the Merganser conference room, with their backs to oversize windows that looked out on the bay.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation spent extra to make its headquarters eco-friendly Darryl Fears 2011
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The sale includes the Magnolia, Merganser, Nansen and Zia deepwater oil and gas fields, which together produce 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
BP Unloads Four Gulf Oil Fields MarketNewsVideo.com 2010
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I enacted the whole of the scene on board HMS Merganser when Simon is preparing Felix' body for burial, and cried until I was almost sick; and that was how I knew that particular scene had gelled.
Archive 2009-01-01 Imogen 2009
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I enacted the whole of the scene on board HMS Merganser when Simon is preparing Felix' body for burial, and cried until I was almost sick; and that was how I knew that particular scene had gelled.
Wednesday lunchtime... Imogen 2009
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Scaly-sided mergansers (Merganser squamatus) have been recorded here in winter.
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Wildlife: On Middle Foy's Lake as the migrations proceeded, we saw: A Crested Cormorant with a beautiful long white neck; A Hooded Merganser, slurping along the surface of the water; And a Bald Eagle fishing for unwary trout, or pearching in a tall pine tree.
Archive 2005-11-01 Michael Evans 2005
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