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Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
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Click images for larger view. Photos: Scott Manly (1,2), Jerry Jourdan

Habitat: Wooded lakes, ponds, rivers.

  • This diving duck is distinguishable by its vertical fan-shaped crest (white in males and tawny in females) and saw-edged mandibles.
  • Hooded Mergansers fly with spike-like bill, head, body and tail on the same horizontal axis.
  • Like the Wood Duck, Hooded Mergansers nest in holes in trees and can be found in shallow waters.

 
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