Hooded Merganser
by Ruth Jolly
Title
Hooded Merganser
Artist
Ruth Jolly
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Juvenile Hooded Merganser. Hooded is something of an understatement for this extravagantly crested little duck. Adult males are a sight to behold, with sharp black-and-white patterns set off by chestnut flanks. Females get their own distinctive elegance from their cinnamon crest. Hooded Mergansers are fairly common on small ponds and rivers, where they dive for fish, crayfish, and other food, seizing it in their thin, serrated bills. They nest in tree cavities; the ducklings depart with a bold leap to the forest floor when only one day old.
Immature male similar to adult female but shows all-dark bill and yellow eyes darker wings contrast with paler gray/brown flanks and headPaler brown crestLong tail often sticks up at an angle. Photographed at Papago Park in Phoenix, AZ. Fine Art America watermark will not appear on purchased artwork.
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November 24th, 2012
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Miroslava Jurcik
Congratulations, I have chosen your outstanding work for Superfeature in Kingdom Animalia !! l/f/p
Don Columbus
Congratulations Ruth, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Don Columbus
Congratulations Ruth, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet