Mealtime for a hooded merganser at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

Published 8:26 am Thursday, March 9, 2023

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A female hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) has a mouthful of striped mullet at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Mergansers’ bills have serrated edges that help them hold their often slippery and wiggling meal.

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