Q: I snapped a photo of a female hooded merganser leading her ducklings in the water. But here’s the strange part: They weren’t all the same species as their mother — some were wood ducks, some were ...

Without a doubt, they’re tougher to splash than a wood duck. As for their kitchen quality — well, while the wood duck is prized table fare, the fishy breast meat of a hooded merganser can be ...

Red-breasted merganser is descriptive – of the male, about half the year. Hooded merganser is also descriptive, and cleverly so. And don’t even get me started on the Eurasian merganser, the smew.

A hooded merganser duck in Fullerton, California looked like an odd hybrid animal as it grappled with a crimson crayfish in its beak. After five minutes of fighting the bird swallowed the creature ...

The hooded merganser is the smallest of three species of merganser found in North American and all three can be seen locally during the winter months. This small diving duck is found here ...

The hooded merganser and wood duck do have something in common; they both nest in holes in large trees. If I can find this little merganser on my brook in winter, I have faith that I will someday ...

Upon cresting the rise and spying the small lake, I saw a dozen hooded mergansers at the far end. Ducking into the blind and out of sight, I didn’t have to wait long for the ducks to swim my way.

As an example, I would turn your attention to one of the most fantastically beautiful ducks of all time -- the hooded merganser. People who look through their field guides may scratch their heads ...

Another fun duck to spot is the hooded merganser, whose spectacular fan-shaped crests can give them a look of surprise – like hair standing on end.

With Hooded Merganser populations on the rise, hunters can take up to a 5-bird limit The May 2022 Commission meeting will be held May 3-4 at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center in ...