Hooded Mergansers dive to catch aquatic insects, crayfish, and small fish. Males court females by expanding their white, sail-like crests and making very low, gravelly, groaning calls. Hooded …

The hooded merganser is a sexually dimorphic species. The adult female has a greyish-brown body, with a narrow white patch over the lower breast and belly. She has a light reddish-brown …

Female Hooded Mergansers can lay up to about 13 eggs in a clutch, but nests have been found with up to 44 eggs in them. Hooded Mergansers find their prey underwater by sight. They can …

Females are brown with a puffy crest and partly yellow bill. Looks slender and long-necked in flight, with very fast wingbeats. Widespread across much of North America, but usually only …

within 24 hours after hatching, young leave nest; female calls to them from below, young climb to cavity entrance and jump to ground. Young find their own food; female tends young for several …

Females and immatures are brown with a tawny hood and dark eyes. Like other diving birds such as the Common Loon and Atlantic Puffin, the Hooded Merganser is a "sight feeder," detecting …

The Hooded Merganser is a striking duck with a distinctive, fan-shaped crest. Males display a black and white crest, chestnut flanks, and a black back. Their white breast is marked with two …

2023年3月8日 · Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus) are small, crested ducks known for their striking appearance, with the male sporting a distinctive black and white hood and the …

Females are greyish-brown in coloring with a narrow white patch over the lower breast and belly and also a reddish-brown crest extending from the back of their head. Males are similar in …

2024年4月24日 · Adult females are mostly brown all around, with some gray and "cinnamon" tones. This map shows the range of where hooded mergansers can be found through the …