Like the common merganser, the hooded merganser nests in cavities around ponds and swamps. The harlequin duck gets its name from the distinctive white pattern on the male's gray feathers.

The Department of Natural Resources confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, was found in a merganser ...

The group took nine American black ducks, four Canada geese, and one hooded merganser using corn as bait, department says.

A red tailed hawk, great horned owl and hooded merganser ducks are among the birds felled by the virus, officials confirmed.