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Hooded Merganser2020-01-15T10:11:48-06:00

Hooded Merganser

Mergansers specialize in eating fish by diving and swimming underwater.   The Hooded Merganser is the smallest of the three native to North America. The male has a flamboyant oversized head.  Both sexes have a slender bill and crest that can be raised and lowered.

Look for them around wooded ponds like those at Lafitte’s Cove Nature Preserve in the winter.

Gary Seloff
Armand Bayou Nature Center
Hooded Merganser

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