Common Merganser, Male
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Yesterday, this guy detected me even though I'd snuck up while he was under a dock. He'd then made made a hasty retreat, even leaving a wake!
These males are commonly mistaken for a Loon, but the mergansers are much smaller, and routinely "fish" in much shallower water than Loons. Kinda handsome, but not often seen after mating. The male Mergansers take no care of the offspring. |
I'll Take the Hooded!
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I think the male "hooded" merganser is much prettier! There is a lot of them on Winni!
Edited to add; I did not take this picture! Stolen from the web! |
Believe that type duck is actually a buffle head, and not a merganser?
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...You Won't be Feeding THESE Ducks...
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Images of Buffalo Head..
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definitly not a buffalo . here are some images of a buffalo head. :laugh:
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For years we had a box for the wood ducks but the hooded merganzers took it over. One year in June, I had the very exciting experience of seeing nine of the babies drop out of the box to the water as mommy was kicking them out of the house. The box disappeared a couple of years ago (with the ice I think) and we never replaced it.
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Very Common
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