Dimensions: 24-1/4"
high x 11" wide x 15" deep
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Hooded Mergansers are the only merganser
that breeds and winters exclusively in
North America. In the past, they were
found throughout the continent, including
mountainous areas, wherever suitable
habitats existed. Today, they are most
common in the Great Lakes region and
eastern Canada but are also found in the
Pacific Northwest. The habitat
preferences of Hooded Mergansers are very
similar to those of Wood Ducks. They like
quiet, shallow, clear-water pools that
have sandy or cobblestoned bottoms. They
prefer ponds that are near or surrounded
by deciduous woods: river bottomlands,
small forest pools, millponds, swamps and
beaver ponds. Unlike Wood Ducks, Hooded
Mergansers have a difficult time finding
food in turbulent water, so calm, clear
water is highest on their list of habitat
requirements. Hooded Mergansers are not
likely to nest on large lakes. Our Hooded
Merganser House opens two ways for
observation and cleaning, and has an
internal ladder for the duckings to climb
out. |
