I’m convinced, Hooded Mergansers are simply Wood Ducks that have been corrupted by the Dark Side. Similar in size and sharing a proclivity for nesting in tree cavities, the bill of the hoodie shrivels ...

Which is why ducks are one of my favorite birds to watch, especially in the winter when there is a wider variety of them on ...

You might not expect to find much of interest in the wildlife department as you're bombing down I-90, but you'd be surprised. Both roads have been quite bountiful over the years, and though I find the ...

The hooded merganser is a specialty of J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge. It nests elsewhere in North Dakota, including the Turtle Mountains and Devils Lake, and it occurs along the Red River ...

A showy male hooded merganser and his demure mate. He can fan his crest up to increase the white, and fan it down to decrease it. A great river is not the only place you can find ducks on open water ...