Hunchbacked

Male common merganser in flight (photo by Steve Gosser)

Most birds fly with flat backs and heads up but some have this rounded hunchbacked look.

Here a common merganser flies with dipped neck and tail.  Loons always show this profile.

This shape is a good field mark.  Can you name other birds that fly like this?

(photo by Steve Gosser)

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