Hooded Merganser with Bufflehead Drake

Description:

The male of this species has a black head with a white crest, slender black beak and the yellow eyes. The upper body is black with white posterior markings while the breast and underbody are white, and the breast has a black stripe across the upper breast. The signs are chestnut brown in color.

Habitat:

found in wooded ponds lakes and rivers

Notes:

It is interesting that these two drakes would be so close together. Sighted from further away, they are sometimes difficult to tell apart.