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Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
The Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is a diving duck which breeds across much of the eastern United States and Canada. The first 2 shots of a female on this page were taken at Buzzard Swamp, Allegheny National Forest, Forest Co., Pennsylvania, in June, 2010, with an EOS 1D Mark IV and an EF 800mm F/5.6 L IS lens and 1.4X extender.

The next eight shots of male and female Hooded Mergansers were taken in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in December, 2010, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark IV and an EF 800mm F/5.6 L IS lens and 1.4X extender. These ducks were fairly distant and the images have been cropped quite a bit.


 


 

Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Rearing Pond,
Vilas Co., Wisconsin
16 June 2014
45.9529
-89.5492

mother bird was nearby in thick vegetation.
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Rearing Pond,
Vilas Co., Wisconsin
16 June 2014
45.9529
-89.5492

mother bird was nearby in thick vegetation.
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Rearing Pond,
Vilas Co., Wisconsin
16 June 2014
45.9529
-89.5492

mother bird was nearby in thick vegetation.
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
female
Wakulla Springs State Park,
Wakulla Co., Florida
20 February 2017
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
female
Wakulla Springs State Park,
Wakulla Co., Florida
20 February 2017
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
female
Wakulla Springs State Park,
Wakulla Co., Florida
20 February 2017
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
female
Wakulla Springs State Park,
Wakulla Co., Florida
20 February 2017