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#53 - The Hooded Merganser
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The Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus, is a small diving duck
with
a
long,
thin bill and a most unusual fan-shaped, collapsible crest.
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The male Hooded Mergansers shown in this photograph have both inflated their crest which makes the head look very oversized. Males are also distinguished by the following: black head; black neck; yellow eyes; rufous flanks, dark back; white breast and with black spurs on the sides of the breast. |
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In contrast to the male, the female Hooded Merganser is mostly dark gray with a reddish-brown, roundish crest and dark eyes. The Hooded Merganser breeds in ponds and wetlands across parts of southern Canada and throughout the northern United States, migrating to warmer parts of the United States in the winter. It nests in wood cavities close to water. |
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Mergansers are a small group of ducks ideally equipped for catching fish as they have a long, slender bill with serrated edges which act like teeth and help in grasping and holding prey. As well as small fish, crayfish, frogs and aquatic insects are consumed.This efficient bill is reflected in mergansers sometimes being called sawbills. There are only three species of mergansers in North America and the hoodie is the smallest of the three. |
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