Friday, February 17, 2012

Hooded Mergansers







15 comments:

Carole M. said...

they're super; beautiful ducks

penny said...

Your photos though out your blog are amazing.
Thanks for stopping by and following my blog.
Have a wonderful weekend.
~:)

Tammy said...

Love the Hoodies!They are such beautiful ducks! The ones we have around here are so skittish and hard to get close to. Nice work!

Anonymous said...

Aww, what a sweet couple! The males piercing yellow eyes are stunning.

TexWisGirl said...

you did a great job on these! not only are they usually so shy, getting both in the shot with decent lighting so as to not blow out the stark male or blank out the dark female. LOVE the water in these shots (even the floating feather in the 2nd shot).

Kenneth Cole Schneider said...

Nice shots of the Hoodies. We had several Red-breasted Mergansers that hunted cooperatively along the margins of our back yard lake. They moved in a wedge that herded the fish to the shoreline.

Alan Pavey said...

Great shots, those males are really well marked.

Deb said...

those are awesome Brian

Samantha said...

Well, now my hoodie shots are downright mortifying.
Thanks a ton, Brian. Sheesh
;)

barbara l. hale said...

They are such cute little things! A rare sighting around here. I'll have to live vicariously through your great pics. Love the reflections.

Linda said...

I tried yesterday to catch good shots of a pair yesterday but they would swim away every time I got near them! Beautiful shots!

Marc Heath said...

Beautiful shots, the drake is a cracker.

theconstantwalker said...

Wonderful images Brian...

Dawn said...

A beautiful couple they make! You're pictures are amazing.

Anonymous said...

I've never seen any of those before. What some beautiful feathers!