Hooded mergansers are one of the most secretive ducks in North America. A small fish-eating duck of wooded ponds, the Hooded Merganser nests in holes in trees. It is frequently seen on shallow waters where its only waterfowl companion is the Wood Duck.
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Highly weary of humans and their activity and will stay clear. The Hooded is the smallest of the three species of mergansers. When in the water it rides so low that often you can only see its head.
There is two major populations - one that breeds in central B.C. and the other in central Ontario and Quebec to the forest of Minnesota.
Photographed at Flamingo Hotel Aviary, Las Vegas, NV
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