Hello Tweeters -- I took this picture along Backtrack Road in Neah Bay
on a WOS field trip Aug 20. Is it possible to tell from this picture
whether it is an immature (of either sex) or adult female hooded
merganser? And, if so, how do you tell?

http://bit.ly/o3JbCc

Thanks in advance!

Jane Hadley
Seattle, WA