Hi nostr 🤙
I saw a very strange duck today; does anybody know what this is?
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Just guessing but I wanna say a male Merganser.
You might be right! I looked up photos and they’re pretty close. And there was also this fluffy one nearby which (apparently) is a female merganser so would make sense if they were a couple. Thanks friend!! 
This is a merganser.
Was I correct that it’s a female?
I believe so. I haven’t seen mergansers in the wild. They aren’t real popular in my area. We have more of the dabbler/puddle ducks. I believe mergansers are more of a diving duck (they dive under the water to hunt for their food and typically live near deeper bodies of water vs rivers and streams).
Makes sense! This one (with the tuft on her head) spent a lot of time under water, and this was a large pond/reservoir
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That is a drake wood duck, probably one of the showiest North American puddle ducks. They leave the Midwest kind of early in migration patterns.
I saw similar ducks and was told they’re an Asiatic species. My dog tried very unsuccessfully to herd them from the other side of a dog park fence.
Wood duck. We have them every year. They love them some acorns.