Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Hoodies

Lophodytes cucullatusDrake Hooded Merganser, (Lophodytes cucullatus).Lophodytes cucullatusThe hen. Both sexes can extend their feathers into a top-heavy-looking “hooded” crest.Lophodytes cucullatusAlthough this day, only the two males were doing so. Lophodytes cucullatusKeeping up appearances.

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  1. The Diving Goose | Backyard and Beyond

    […] of the water, when they weren’t underneath it. Sometimes mergansers (we have three species: Hooded and Red-breasted are the other two) are known as sawbills for the teeth-like serrations on their […]

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  2. Hooded Mergansers | Backyard and Beyond

    […] Shouldn’t be too long before these come into their breeding finery. […]

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