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Old 01-19-2021, 08:39 AM
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Anyone know what duck this is? small black / white diver
There is a cluster each day on Hacienda Golf Course lake
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Old 01-19-2021, 09:52 AM
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Could be Hooded Mergansers. We've seen them in the ponds near our house for the last 2 months or so. They appear to dive as a group. When one goes down it seems that many others follow suit.

Hooded Merganser Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Old 01-19-2021, 10:23 AM
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Maybe a Canvasback?

https://ebird.org/species/canvas
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Old 01-19-2021, 06:14 PM
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Old 01-20-2021, 09:34 AM
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Thank you for posting this. I've wondered what kind of duck they are too. It's interesting to watch them dive - much different than the Anhingas (snake birds) so common on the ponds in The Villages
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