Male Hooded Merganser displays: ritualized drinking (left) and crest raising (right) It's late October, and our adult male Hooded Me...

Adult Loon near the lily pads No young Loons this year, here at the end of the road. Our resident pair of Loons hatched two chicks, but ...

Hooded Mergansers have special adaptations for sharp vision above and below water  Ever opened your eyes underwater? Of course you have...

Wind-blown male Hooded Merganser A "Lake Wind Advisory" blew in this afternoon, here at the end of the road. After enduring se...

A male Hooded Merganser turns a live crayfish around in its beak before swallowing it whole. They'll often break the pinchers off firs...

The Wood Ducks ("Woodies") have left our little lake here at the end of the road. Nowadays, it's the male Hooded Mergansers (...