Michael Warren: Hooded Merganser

Artist: Michael Warren
1938 -
Nationality: British
Artwork Year: 1986
Image Size: 13.75 by 12 inches
Overall Size: 15.75 by 14 inches
Medium: Water Color on Water Color Paper

This Merganser is one of the most elegant of all North American ducks. The males, with their fan-like crests that they erect or compress at will, swim in small groups in the company of their bushy-headed, brown mates, preferring small secluded lakes and streams to the bigger, more open rivers frequented by many of the other waterfowl. During the summer the hooded merganser lays its eggs in hollow trees, much as the wood duck does, and, although it breeds widely in the eastern United States, it is so local and retiring that many birders scarcely suspect that it nests in their neighborhoods. Although it is common in the Great Lakes region during migration, it seldom winters there. It continues on to ice-free waters near the coast from Massachusetts south to Florida, as well as to inland streams from southern Illinois through the lower Mississippi Valley to the Gulf States.

This artwork was originally published on a Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the Birds of America Collection. Each Cover featured a State Wildlife Conservation Stamp designed by Michael Warren, issued by the National Audubon Society and postmarked on the First Day of Issue of each stamp which was also the anniversary of statehood for each state.

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