The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) looks like the common merganser, but it has different nesting ... hooded merganser nests in cavities around ponds and swamps. The harlequin duck ...

The Hooded is the smallest of our three native merganser species, and often seems to be the least numerous ... it has probably benefitted by taking advantage of nest boxes put out for Wood Ducks.

The streamlined red-breasted merganser is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It is most commonly spotted around the coast ...