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Hooded Merganser

(Lophodytes cucullatus) This distinctive winter resident can be found on wooded ponds where it feeds on fish, crustaceans and insects. The hammerhead crest is mostly white in males and brown in females. Wing flapping produces a high trill in flight.
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Written by: Highlands Plateau Audubon Society

Issue: 2016, November 2016

Photographed By: Ed Boos, Photographer

(Lophodytes cucullatus)

This distinctive winter resident can be found on wooded ponds where it feeds on fish, crustaceans and insects. The hammerhead crest is mostly white in males and brown in females. Wing flapping produces a high trill in flight.

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