I was extremely fortunate to photograph this female Hooded Merganser as she was fishing. Normally, mergansers won't let me anywhere near them and it was the first time I had seen one by itself. They typically stay in small flocks. Unlike the Pied-billed Grebe I photographed recently, this merganser didn't spend time playing with her food. She dove, caught it, and swallowed it in fairly short order. Who says girls can't fish as well as the guys?
1/640 sec. f/7.1 ISO 200
Linking to Wild Bird Wednesday
30 comments:
Look ma! No hands! We poor humans could not get along without them.
Very cools shots, but that is one scary looking face! HA!
Brian, you must have the patience of a saint to capture actions such as this fish eating Hooded Merganser.
Well done!
Oh Wow ..... Truly Magnificent!!
pauvre poisson,il n en a fait qu une bouchee !
Beautiful shots! Those hoodies are tough to photograph. Nice to see her swallow that fish.
these little hens always remind me of grace jones. :)
great shots of her big gulp!
An astounding series of shots! What wonderful luck to have gotten her and it looks like it was on a perfect lit day to boot! Ta-da is what you should have titled it!
Superb shots Brian
Great photo-work!
Lovely photos!
Have a nice day!
One way to make your hair stand on end!! Have a mouthful... wonderful shots. Greetings from Jean
Fabulous shots, Brian!
A beautiful series of photos and I really like the reflections in the water.
Great...right on time....love it
Lovely set. Down the hatch.
Wonderful series on the merganser, Brian!
That is awesome! Great action shots.
great job...
Magnificent! I want to see this one in your coffee table book. :)
super moment to catpure; what a buzz!!
I really, really enjoyed this post. From Findlay
Your photos never cease to amaze me. I love the fishing ones.
Great shots - I suppose it was a battle between being near where you were and near where the fish were! For a while the fish seem to have won - although this fish seems to have lost!!
I'm not sure this makes any sense!
cheers and thinks for linking to WBW.
Stewart M - Melbourne
Great capture!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Poor girl must have been HONGRY! hehehe
Love the cartoon-like time lapse shots =) Is that what it's called? I can't remember...
Yes, it was the loaner camera I'm working with, not a new new one, but this is new to me! LoL! I've never had a DSLR camera before, so it's taking some getting used to & I'm trying to learn what I can. =0
That bird has got one bad hair day going on. Stunningly sharp image.
That is a great series of photos! This sort of capture does no happen by accident-- you were obviously aware and ready for whatever interesting things were going on!
she does have skills!!
What a beauty. Great photos. I hope the fish was good.
This is a really nice series and wonderful image quality! I love watching birds fishing (since I like to do it, too).
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