Without a doubt, they’re tougher to splash than a wood duck. As for their kitchen quality — well, while the wood duck is prized table fare, the fishy breast meat of a hooded merganser can be ...

Although Hooded Mergansers seem most at home in the water, they nest in tree cavities. They will also use rock crevices and Wood Duck boxes, as well. They prefer to nest close to water.

What is most interesting, and even a little surprising, is the fact that hooded mergansers nest up in trees. Wood ducks are well-known tree nesters, but they are by no means the only species that ...

The male wood duck is one of the most spectacularly-colored ducks in Minnesota, making their resurgence a gift to Minnesota’s nature lovers. A lying drake hooded merganser.

Hooded mergansers are one our most beautiful ducks. I know a lot of folks would argue that wood ducks are the most beautiful, but they are a bit too over-the-top for me.

But they’ve adapted to using the artificial nest boxes meant to attract wood ducks. In addition, forests have matured, creating more habitat for nesting, nurseries and feeding.

The hooded merganser and wood duck do have something in common; they both nest in holes in large trees. If I can find this little merganser on my brook in winter, I have faith that I will someday ...

In early spring, colorful wood duck, common merganser and hooded merganser males perform a disappearing act. Serving no purpose after mating other than as “attractive nuisances” — to nest ...

Further afield Expect to see plenty of ducks, including hooded mergansers, at the 17th annual Shreve Migration Sensation in Wayne County on March 18. The event includes a variety of talks, plus ...

Buffleheads are easily my favorite duck, but even I have to admit hooded mergansers are the more handsome of the two. Take a good look at hoodies in your bird book. It's hard to imagine that such ...

Bahls identified eight wood duck egg membranes, indicative of a successful hatch, as well as 25 unhatched wood duck and hooded merganser eggs. On top of all this was a feathery nest made by tree ...

As for their kitchen quality — well, while the wood duck is prized table fare, the fishy breast meat of a hooded merganser can be rendered fit for human consumption through tenderizing ...