http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Tue, 21 May 2013 21:18:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/comment-page-1/#comment-10111 Kate St. John Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:56:24 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/#comment-10111 Sam, I’m glad I could help and am happy to meet someone who lives where hooded mergansers nest. What a privilege to see them perched in trees!

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/comment-page-1/#comment-10110 sam Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:22:40 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/#comment-10110 i got more information, and what i saw was a female hooded merganser, they live in holes in trees, therefore they must light on branches, i have small fish in my pond, what they live on, and live with woodducks, i have a woodduck house in my pond. i live outside of la crosse wisconsin, not too far off the mississippi river. never saw one before, but won’t forget. thank you kate again for having this info on the web, therefore easily found the answers i was looking for.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/comment-page-1/#comment-10109 sam Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:14:04 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/#comment-10109 today i saw a bird that had a low sounding frog call, in our pond. what i wonder do these birds perch on a branch? i think it was a hooded mergansers female, it had feet like a duck or heron, but landed on a branch in a tree, it didn’t move, but i got it to call, and it sounded like merg gerrrrr, pitch of a frog. thank you for someone to put this on the web, so i could look it up.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/comment-page-1/#comment-8318 Uri Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:55:45 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/#comment-8318 Interesting fact, which I was luck enough to experience first hand today 13the Nov 2009, at around 3 PM at a pond in Col Sam Smith park,Etobicoke, Ontario, I also heard and saw how they make that sound and how they stretch theur black neck long and the head is then tilted backwards as they make the sound. There were two drakes courting together for the attention of one female.In the end , it seemed like one must have won and the other one gave up or lost as he went away and had a for a cold “shower”. Interesting how much they live in harmony unlike us humans.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/comment-page-1/#comment-7298 Amy Taracido Tue, 19 May 2009 15:34:36 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/#comment-7298 Haha, I just came across this entry too! (also saw your 1/14/09 crossbill entry)….yes my husband and I observed them at PISP (Erie Co.) and came up with that sound to imitate the males….we often joke about it too.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Vern Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:55:00 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2007/12/13/hooded-mergansers-sound-like-frogs/#comment-88 Kate,
Thanks for telling me something I didn’t know. Very interesting.
Vern

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