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Hooded Merganser
San Diego, CA

 
Hooded Merganser
Territorial Prison Park, Yuma, AZ
     

Hooded Mergansers are the shyest of the three merganser species that visit our area in migration and winter.  Several can usually be found in winter at the Dairy Mart Ponds south of San Diego.