Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
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Food Hooded Mergansers hunt small fish, frogs, and aquatic insects which they pursue in long rapid underwater dives.
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Migration They spend summers in the Central United States to Southern Canada. In the winter, they migrate south to the Gulf Coast.
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Habitat Wooded ponds, lakes, and rivers. Tidal channels during the winter.
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Nesting 8-12 eggs are laid in a cup lined with down in a tree cavity or fallen log.
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