(Here's a second attempt and a hope that my email address problem has
been worked out.)

> Tweetsters,
>
> Kelly McAllister wrote:
>
> >It's my understanding that Common Mergansers nest along streams.
>
Martin Muller wrote:

> I thought I had read that too...
>
> Last month I discovered a common merganser nest in the broken top of one of
> the older fir trees in Seward Park.

Hmm. I always found them nesting on lakes and ponds. They're
starting to sound pretty opportunistic!
jw

Jane Westervelt
Steve Kalloger
Moscow, ID