Duck ID Question??? The Mohawk duck

[danceswitharrows]

I saw a pair of ducks I have not seen before, they had a red head with a mohawk and narrow bills.  I am thinking some kind of diver duck?  I know this should be a easy question to a lot of you but I tried find a answer/picture of one via google but could only get regular redhead ducks.   

[ellensburgpo]

Merganser of some type?

[92xj]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=1&gs_ri=hp&cp=10&gs_id=13&xhr=t&q=common+merganser&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.aWM&bpcl=40096503&biw=1141&bih=760&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=8J7SUM-yI5LyqwHQu4GACw

[lokidog]

 

Sounds like a hen Common Merganser.

[low97ram]

Hen Hooded merganser. Shot 2 this past weekend

Look like this?

[h2ofowlr]

Merg!  A saw bill!

[muley freak]

Hooded merganser for sure i got one too and i have a poster and it shows all the ducks and its a hooded merganser

[Madison]

a hen redbreasted and hen common look very similar.  The hen hooded doesnt have as distinct coloration as the other two.
I would guess common just based on numbers..
the google link from 92xj should confirm that.

[danceswitharrows]

Hen Common Merganser!  I have heard that name but never saw one, thanks guys
 

[saltwaterhillbilly]

oh yummy i love me some Hooded Mergansers! its like eating Caviar!!!!!!!!!!

[lokidog]

oh yummy i love me some Hooded Mergansers! its like eating Caviar!!!!!!!!!!

Commons aren't that bad, a little curry does wonders.

[cryfowl]

My    hen common merganser

[Whitetail freak]

Cause they are definitely legal