Outside Story: The adaptable hooded merganser. ... Imagine 10 nearly round white eggs snug in a hollow tree, lined with soft feathers plucked from the mother’s breast.

In a summary memo listed on the consent agenda for the upcoming FWC Commission Meeting, biological assessments “indicate hooded merganser populations are healthy and have been increasing at a ...

The hooded merganser drake is a handsome bird and kind of a show-off, too. His head has a patch of white feathers that the bird can – and does – present as a kind of crest, giving him a big ...

It was a juvenile hooded merganser! These are a common diving duck in Maine, but very exciting for me since it was the first one I have seen in New England.

According to Leonard Lee Rue 111 in Game Birds of North America, “The hooded merganser is seldom, if ever, hunted for food. Its flesh is considered unpalatable because of the preponderance of ...

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 ...

The male hooded merganser is arguably among the most beautiful of our birds. Like the northern pinta Hooded merganser is beautiful with surprising colors, habits | Life & Arts | dailygazette.com ...

Hooded merganser chicks, which dive for small fish to survive, will jump more than 50ft from the nest to be with their mother and in some cases will walk over half a mile to the nearest body of water.

The hooded merganser is rather clumsy, but still adorable. ... The western capercaillie struts with its tail feathers fanned out, making clicking noises, drooping, and dragging its wings.

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 ...