The hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is the smallest and rarest merganser. Like the common merganser, the hooded merganser nests in cavities around ponds and swamps. The harlequin duck ...
Courtesy of Michael Schimmel Cody Chaplain sent a photo of a drake hooded merganser walking on water in Back Bay in Virginia Beach. Mergansers are diving ducks and take flight by getting a running ...