Adult male - ML302071781 — Adult male © Allan Bigras eBird S74625195 Macaulay Library ML 269638401

Female - ML302070361 — Female © Bill Thompson

Nonbreeding male - ML63910021 — Nonbreeding male © Amanda Guercio

Adult male and female - ML302072071 — Adult male and female © Libby Burtner

Female - ML63910071 — Female © Jay McGowan

Male and female - ML63910051 — Male and female © Alix d'Entremont

Adult male - ML302071911 — Adult male © Brad Imhoff

Immature male - ML302073241 — Immature male © Timo Mitzen

Female and juvenile - ML63910061 — Female and juvenile © Jay McGowan

Adult male and female - ML302072391 — Adult male and female © Marina Roell

Female - ML63909991 — Female © Janis Stone

Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus

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Identification

Small diving duck with thin serrated bill. Breeding males have showy black-and-white crest, a couple zebra stripes on the white breast, and cinnamon-colored sides. Females are brown with a puffy crest and partly yellow bill. Looks slender and long-necked in flight, with very fast wingbeats. Widespread across much of North America, but usually only seen in pairs or small flocks. Nests in cavities near small ponds or marshes; especially fond of wooded swamps. In winter, usually found on calm bodies of water; almost never on the ocean. Sometimes mixes loosely with other duck species.

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