We currently have 17 Hooded Mergansers on the Lake. It is a pretty duck...similar habits to a wood duck. It is always neat seeing different species of birds on the lake. Before you know it, the barn swallows will be back!
Closeup of a male Hooded Merganser. The females are less colorful and mainly brown in color. This keeps them camouflaged while they nest with eggs/ young. As with most bird species, the males tend to be the more colorful of the two.