Hooded Merganser

A female Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) has a mouthful of striped mullet. Mergansers' bill have serrated edges that aids them holding their often slippery and wiggling meal.

A female brown and black Hooded Mergansers) floating on the surface of water has a mouthful of a brown and white striped mullet.
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