The mergansers have become some of my favorite birds. I was at Mojave Narrows Regional Park in Victorville on Saturday and took lots of photos of a male and female hooded merganser. I got some photos of the male's head in different shapes. The female looks completely different than the male. She is a cross between Phyllis Diller and Marg Simpson.
Here are some photos:
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| Note that the white hood is much lower than in the first photo and the eye dominates the head in a way that it does not in the first phot. |
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| The hood is even more dominating in this photo. |
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| Looking at the head from the behind, the white hood dominates the head. |
Such a bizarre bird. It's not really attractive in the traditional sense, but it definitely attracts the gaze for its weirdness.
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