This is the moment adorable fluffy chicks leapt into the water to swim with their mother for the first time since hatching. Hooded merganser ducklings dive into the water within 24 hours of hatching, ...

This hooded merganser duck looks like a strange alien creature with bright red pincers as he clutches a crayfish in his beak. At first glance, the black and white bird and the crimson crustacean ...

SOUTH NEWFANE Early April is the prime time for viewing waterfowl. The ducks are on their way north to their breeding grounds. They pause along our rivers to rest, roost, and feed. Their numbers are ...

A showy male hooded merganser and his demure mate. He can fan his crest up to increase the white, and fan it down to decrease it. A great river is not the only place you can find ducks on open water ...

It doesn't look like a duck. It doesn't quack like a duck, but the hooded merganser is most certainly a duck. The hooded merganser is one of the most colorful birds in North America.

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