The Male Hooded Merganser at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

A Male Hooded Merganser On Sally Jones Lake

While parked along the Sally Jones Causeway at Oklahoma’s Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I had a visitor paddle into view – a male Hooded Merganser.

Male Hooded Merganser on an Arkansas Pond

Male Hooded Merganser Swimming In A Pond

A wildlife photographer recounts spotting and photographing a striking male Hooded Merganser duck while it briefly visited a small pond in Arkansas one winter.