Hooded Merganser

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1. wsb says

   November 19, 2007 at 1:07 am

   You did have a merganser photo some weeks back. But these guys are goldeneyes or buffleheads (we always get them confused).

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2. Rhonda Porter says

   November 19, 2007 at 7:09 am

   I’m no expert on birds…

   Here’s a link re: buffleheads: http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/search_results.aspx

   and another for goldeneyes:
   http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/search_results.aspx

   Here’s the post that I did a few months ago on “name that duck” where readers, including WSB, determined the duck is a Merganser:
   http://www.mortgageporter.com/beach_drive/2007/09/name-that-duck.html#comments

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3. Rhonda Porter says

   November 19, 2007 at 7:12 am

   Wikipedia has a better photo of the Bufflehead: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufflehead

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