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"Hooded Merganser"

Hooded Merganser:    The name "merganser" is believed to have originated with the Swiss naturalist, Konrad Gesner in the middle 1500s, and is a combination of the Latin words mergus, meaning "diver", and anser meaning "goose". Force Lake, Portland, Oregon ... Click image to enlarge Hooded Mergansers, Force Lake, Portland, Oregon. Image taken October 24, 2010. Canon EOS 7d, 400mm. Click image to enlarge Hooded Mergansers, Force Lake, Portland, Oregon. Image taken October 24, 2010. Canon EOS 7d, 400mm. Click image to enlarge Hooded Merganser, male, Force Lake, Portland, Oregon. Image taken October 24, 2010. Canon EOS 7d, 400mm. Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon ... Click image to enlarge Hooded Merganser, male, front and back, Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon. Day overcast and gray. Image taken October 23, 2011. Canon EOS 7d, 400mm. Steigerwald Lake NWR, Washington ... Click image to enlarge Hooded Merganser, first spring male, Steigerwald Lake NWR, Washington. Image taken May 16, 2010. Canon Rebel T1i, 300z. Ridgefield NWR, Washington ... Click image to enlarge Hooded Merganser, male. Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, River "S" Unit. Image taken, December 8, 2007. MORE Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Hooded Merganser images HOME COLUMBIA RIVER IMAGES RIDGEFIELD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLETE BIRD LIST WILDFLOWERS BIRDS of LEWIS and CLARK

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