Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus
Hooded Merganser, male with crab, 12/30/06, Palo Alto Golf Course, Geng Road
Hooded Merganser, female, 11/19/07, Palo Alto Golf Course, Geng Road
Hooded Mergansers, pair, 12/30/06, Palo Alto Golf Course, Geng Road
Hooded Merganxer,  male, 12/18/08, Radio Road, Redwood Shores, San Mateo Co
Hooded Merganser, male, 12/18/08, Radio Road, Redwood Shores, San Mateo Co
Hooded Merganser, male, 12/30/06, Palo Alto Golf Course, Geng Road
Hooded Merganser, male, 11/15/07, Palo Alto Golf Course, Geng Road
Hooded Merganser, female or juvenile, 12/2/06, Palo Alto Golf Course, Geng Road
Adult females, left, and just below; next below, another female, possibly first-winter because of the less developed crest. At bottom, probably a first-winter male, by virtue of the yellow eye. Females often have the bill yellow at the base and on the lower mandible; males' bills are dark at all ages.
Hooded Merganser, female, 2/10/09, Gate of Cemetery, Los Altos
Hooded Merganser, female,  2/11/08, Charleston Road Marsh, Mountain View
Hooded Merganser, first-winter male, 2/11/08, Charleston Road Marsh, Mountain View
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