Multimedia Gallery - Submitted for the Great Backyard Bird Count, this is a male hooded merganser on water.

Photo of a male hooded merganser on water with its wings outspread and hood raised.

April 19, 2012

Submitted for the Great Backyard Bird Count, this is a male hooded merganser on water.

Submitted for the Great Backyard Bird Count, this is a male hooded merganser on water with its wings outspread and hood raised. The Great Backyard Bird Count is a citizen science project led by Cornell University ornithology and National Audubon Society, with Canadian partner Bird Studies Canada and sponsorship from Wild Birds Unlimited.

Credit: James Hendrickson

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