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Male Hooded Merganser, with the hood on display
Marine Park Salt Marsh
Brooklyn, New York
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Here’s the Ruddy Duck. They’re small and like to travel in large same-species groups. The male and female both have chestnut sides and backs, with sharp tails; the male has white cheek patches. In the photo above you can see two males in the foreground and a female behind them.
Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, New York