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	Hooded Merganser - David Blevins Nature Photography
		The Hooded Merganser is found in the eastern half of the continent, along the west coast and in the interior of British Columbia.
		Hooded Mergansers are fairly common at the sanctuary except during the summer when they migrate to the interior and farther north to breed.
		Hooded mergansers have unusual eggs that are white, almost spherical, and have a disproportionately thick shell, leading some to compare them to cue balls.
	www.blevinsphoto.com /feb6.htm (503 words)

	Hooded Merganser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The adult male hooded merganser in spring plumage is a beautiful fl and white bird with rufous-brown sides.
		The adult male hooded merganser in spring plummage is easily recognized by a large fan shaped white patch on its crested brown head.
		The hooded merganser is similar in size to the wood duck and average weights range from 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/tools/nestbox/hooded.htm (433 words)

	THE TRACHEA OF THE HOODED MERGANSER
		The overall length of the trachea of a female Hooded Merganser is between 41 (107 mm.) and 42 inches (110 ram.).
		The male Hooded Merganser likewise has one dilation in the tube but this is in the lowest quarter of the tube and is « of an inch wide at its widest point and « of an inch long.
		In the Hooded Merganser it differs decidedly in proportions and in the number of fenestrae from that of the Smew; and while somewhat similar in shape and number of openings to those of the American Merganser and the Red-breasted Merganser, it is but half as large.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Wilson/v063n04/p0296-p0301.html (2956 words)

	Hooded Merganser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Hooded Merganser is the most beautiful of all of the Mergansers, with their brownish-fl back and wings, a white underside and a bushy head of feathers or a crest.
		The breeding males hood’s when erected show a white patch surrounded by fl, and when the hood is flat the white narrows to a stripe leading from his bright yellow eyes to the end of the head.
		The Mergansers are extremely agile out, on and in their watery habitat, but they are clumsy on land due to their legs which are located near the back portion of its body.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /hooded_merganser.htm (1122 words)

	Hooded Merganser - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Description: The Hooded Merganser is the smallest of the three species of mergansers, also known as saw-bills or fish-ducks, found in North America.
		When the hood is down, the visible white is reduced to a narrow band trailing back from the bright yellow eye.
		Hooded Merganser numbers are difficult to assess due to their habit of dispersing widely in wooded habitat rather than gathering in large easily censused flocks.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/Birds/Facts/FactSheets/fact-hoodmerganser.cfm (1004 words)

	Hooded Merganser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hooded Merganser has a sawbill but is not classified as a typical merganser.
		Although they have occurred as vagrants to Europe, this attractive species is so common in collections that only a ringed bird would be likely to be accepted as anything other than an escape.
		Their population has declined as a result of hunting and loss of nesting habitat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hooded_Merganser (261 words)

	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
		The hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus, is a fish-eating duck equipped with a long thin bill that has sharp serrated edges along the sides.
		Hooded mergansers occasionally reside in Utah during the summer, and infrequently migrate through the state in the fall and spring.
		Hooded mergansers are proficient divers and swimmers, which allows them to quickly seize mobile prey items such as fish, crayfish, and insects.
	dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov /rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=lophcucu (295 words)

	Chesapeake Bay Program - Hooded Merganser
		The hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus, is the smallest of the three species of mergansers, which are also known as sawbills or fish ducks.
		Like other diving ducks, the hooded merganser's legs are situated far back on their bodies, making them strong, swift swimmers but awkward navigators on land.
		Hooded mergansers migrate early in the season, and sometimes settle in barely after the ice has broken on their water source.
	www.chesapeakebay.net /Info/hooded_merganser.cfm (761 words)

	Hooded Merganser - Discover The Outdoors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hooded mergansers are the smallest of the mergansers.
		Hooded mergansers prefer tree cavities in swamps, river bottomlands, beaver ponds and along wooded streams and lakes.
		The hooded merganser is an exceptionally wary duck and tends to shun areas of human activity.
	www.dto.com /hunting/species/generalprofile.jsp?speciesid=129 (590 words)

	Common Merganser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Common Merganser, (Goosander in Europe), Mergus merganser, is a large sea duck, which is distributed over Europe, North Asia and North America.
		Males and females are easily distinguished, since the male merganser has a dark green head, while the head of the female is reddish-brown.
		Along with the Smew and the Hooded Merganser, they are therefore often known as "sawbills".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Merganser (185 words)

	NatureWorks - Hooded Merganser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The hooded merganser is a small diving duck with a long, pointed fl bill.
		The hooded merganser breeds from southern Alaska south to Oregon and Montana and from Manitoba and Nova Scotia, Canada south to Arkansas and northern Alabama.
		The hooded merganser breeds on wooded ponds, lakes and rivers and winters in these areas as well as on coastal marshes and inlets.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/hoodedmerganser.htm (306 words)

	Latest 3/26/05 - Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hooded Merganser is the smallest merganser and the most common in the Brigantine Wildlife Refuge.
		This Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus was fishing with his mate when I drove by.
		I was able to back up and take a few pictures of the Hooded Merganser pair before they noticed me and went away.
	www.1000birds.com /latest20050326HM.htm (83 words)

	Brandywine Zoo - Animals in the Zoo - Merganser
		Hooded Mergansers spend their winters among the coasts of California and Delaware through Texas.
		Hooded Mergansers have a difficult time finding food in turbulent water, so calm, clear water is highest on their list of habitat requirements.
		Mergansers eat in clear aquatic habitats, such as flooded forests, forested ponds, streams and rivers.
	www.brandywinezoo.org /merganse.html (464 words)

	The Hooded Merganser
		Excepting the Smew or White Nun, the Hooded Merganser is the handsomest of its family.
		The Hooded Merganser is a most expert diver, and so vigilant that at times it escapes even from the best percussion gun.
		The Hooded Merganser, as well as all the other species with which I am acquainted, moves with ease on the ground, nay, even runs with speed.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F40_G1c.html (2310 words)

	All About Birds
		Hooded Merganser, female, Iroquois NWR, NY Hooded Merganser, male, non-breeding plumage
		A small fish-eating duck of wooded ponds, the Hooded Merganser nests in holes in trees.
		The Hooded Merganser is the second-smallest of the six living species of mergansers (only the Smew of Eurasia is smaller) and is the only one restricted to North America.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Hooded_Merganser.html (254 words)

	Hooded Merganser Male
		Hooded Merganser Male: Small merganser with fl head, neck, and back, and white underparts with two fl bars on side of breast.
		Hooded Merganser Male: Six to eighteen white eggs are laid in a hollow tree, stump, or other natural cavity lined with down.
		Hooded Merganser Male: Forages underwater, diving from the surface and capturing fish with its serrated and hooked bill; also feeds on crayfish, snails, frogs, insects, aquatic plants, and seeds.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/390/_/Hooded_Merganser_Male.aspx (697 words)

	Hooded Merganser Houses
		The habitat preferences of Hooded Mergansers are very similar to those of Wood Ducks.
		Unlike Wood Ducks, Hooded Mergansers have a difficult time finding food in turbulent water, so calm, clear water is highest on their list of habitat requirements.
		Hooded Mergansers are not likely to nest on large lakes.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /hooded_merganser.htm (83 words)

	Hooded Merganser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is the smallest merganser in North America.
		The female hooded merganser’s eyes are a dull brown hue, while the males' eyes are bright yellow.
		They prefer ponds that are near or surrounded by deciduous (trees that lose their leaves in the winter) woods: river bottomlands, small forest pools, millponds, swamps, and beaver ponds.
	www.k12.de.us /warner/merganse.htm (445 words)

	Nesting Record of Hooded Merganser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		While monitoring nest-box use during 1995 to 1999, TKB found that hooded mergansers occupied 26% of 22 to 30 available nest boxes.
		Hooded mergansers have an average laying rate of 0.5 egg per day (Morse et al.
		These nesting dates are consistent with the relatively early appearance of hooded mergansers at NPWRC in 1999.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/2002/hoodmerg/hoodmerg.htm (537 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Hooded Merganser
		Mergansers are also able to catch fish by direct underwater pursuit, remaining submerged for up to 2 minutes!
		Some refer to hooded mergansers as frog ducks because of the long guttural call that can be heard a half mile away.
		In some areas, fish farmers and anglers hunt hooded mergansers because they feel the ducks destroy the fish populations in those areas.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/Animal-Bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/aves/anseriformes/hooded-merganser.htm (317 words)

	AllRefer.com - duck (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		In northern countries a portion of the down with which the eider ducks line their nests is systematically collected, as are some of the eggs; since the eiders lay throughout the season, these are soon replaced.
		They include the goosander and the smaller red-breasted merganser, both circumpolar in distribution, and the North American hooded merganser, similar to the Old World smew.
		Because their fish diet gives their flesh a rank taste, they are called by sportsmen "trash ducks." Ducks are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Anseriformes, family Anatidae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/duck.html (443 words)

	Birds and All Nature: Hooded Merganser
		The nesting of the hooded merganser is even more erratic than its occurrence.
		Thus the hooded mergansers fly in a compact flock of about a dozen birds with a directness and velocity that is wonderful.
		The “fish ducks,”; or mergansers, are an interesting group of three American species, of which the hooded is the smallest.
	www.birdnature.com /mar1899/merganser.html (726 words)

	Georgia Wildlife Web Site; birds: Lophodytes cucullatus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During the breeding season, the Hooded Merganser occurs in most of the eastern United States, with isolated populations in the central and northwestern portions of the United States.
		The Common Merganser has a red bill; the males have a green head, and the females have a rusty red head.
		The male Red-breasted Merganser has a green head and a white collar, while the female has a pale red-brown head rather than being all brown like the female Hooded Merganser is.
	museum.nhm.uga.edu /gawildlife/birds/anseriformes/icucullatus.html (497 words)

	Lophodytes cucullatus - Harle couronné (Bec-scie couronné) - Hooded Merganser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Canada, the Hooded Merganser nests in the south.
		The Hooded Merganser normally nests in beaver ponds, small lakes, rivers and streams in forested areas.
		The natural hollows in trees and nesting boxes close to wetlands are places that the Hooded Merganser prefers for nesting.
	www.virtualmuseum.ca /Exhibitions/Birds/MSS/Anglais/hcouronn.htm (262 words)

	Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo - Hooded Merganser
		The Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo has a male merganser in the smaller duck pond in the farmyard.
		Hooded Mergansers are easily identified by the crest on their head, which they will raise and lower.
		Mergansers will migrate from Alaska and central Canada to as far south as Mexico.
	www.beardsleyzoo.org /kids/animal.asp?mc_id=113 (373 words)

	Rules & Regulations \| Migratory Game Bird & Waterfowl Hunting
		A hooded merganser is small with a "hood," and has fl and white on each wing patch feather.
		Difficult to distinguish in flight from the Common Merganser.
		Female’s head and neck are paler than female Common Merganser.
	www.agfc.com /rules_regs/hunting_regs_migratory_type.html (305 words)

	eNature.com Nature Guides
		The smallest of our mergansers, Hoodeds are most often seen along rivers and in estuaries during the fall and winter.
		They are usually found in pairs or in flocks of up to a dozen; when startled, they are among the fastest-flying of our ducks.
		Hoodeds feed chiefly on small fish, which they pursue in long, rapid, underwater dives, but also take small frogs, newts, tadpoles, and aquatic insects.
	www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0417 (144 words)

	Hooded Merganser
		The easily erected crest shared by both sexes is tinged with red-brown; the thin serrated bills are darkish.
		Although considered a winter resident, some Hooded Mergansers are around all year.
		The Hooded Merganser, a cavity nester, will roost in Wood Duck boxes and sometimes “donates” a clutch of eggs to Wood Duck nests in cowbird fashion.
	echotourism.com /birding/HMerganser.htm (134 words)

	Hooded Merganser House
		Hooded Mergansers are the only merganser that breeds and winters exclusively in North America.
		In the past, they were found throughout the continent, including mountainous areas, wherever suitable habitats existed.
		Our Hooded Merganser House opens two ways for observation and cleaning, and has an internal ladder for the duckings to climb out.
	www.coveside.biz /hooded-merganser-house.htm (165 words)

	Villas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Hooded Merganser Villa includes air conditioning, cable TV in living room and loft, dishwasher, laundry facilities, picnic table and fire ring.
		These units have the same floor plan as the Hooded Merganser Villa units except that they are attached to other units.
		It is built along the same floor plans as the Hooded Merganser and The Wood Duck except that it has a larger living room area with a stone gas fireplace.
	www.jellystonewarrens.com /index/villas (375 words)

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