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Chilly lunchtime at Mentor Graphics - A group of five Hooded Mergansers going around the center of the "pond" in the sun - in part because there is still a lot of ice near some edges of the pond. Good poses to help show how they differ from Bufflehead. All three males have their crests fairly collapsed, the one in front has the most elevated of the three. The farther-behind females has her crest pretty fully collapsed, the other has it up somewhat. The females rarely seem to get the elevation on crests that the males do.
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Chilly lunchtime at Mentor Graphics - A group of five Hooded Mergansers going around the center of the "pond" in the sun - in part because there is still a lot of ice near some edges of the pond. Good poses to help show how they differ from Bufflehead. All three males have their crests fairly collapsed, the one in front has the most elevated of the three. The farther-behind females has her crest pretty fully collapsed, the other has it up somewhat. The females rarely seem to get the elevation on crests that the males do.