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Male Hooded Merganser

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dcr Deceased Member Registered: February 2004 Posts: 1,317	This is one of our most beautiful waterfowl. Has a black head with a white fan-shaped crest which he can fold back almost out of sight or fan out completely during breeding season. Prefers quiet ponds with deciduous trees around them -easily disturbed by human activity. Is a diving duck which eats fish, so does not make a good table bird and is seldom hunted. Likes to nest in cavities in large trees or in nesting boxes put out by humans. Photo taken today at Saunders Bay - fanning out the crest in Nov. is atypical behavior.
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Registered: January 2005
Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro
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Wed December 2, 2009 8:35am

Hooded Mergansers arrive at Winnipesaukee just before Ice-Out is called. They are extremely shy. One reason they are not successfully hunted is—though small—they are extremely fast flyers!

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