Eye on the Eagle

Hoodie

A Hooded Merganser takes a moment from preening to have a look at me.

Hoodie female

Lots of cloud cover when I took this shot and of course, the female does not have as dramatic colouring as the male. Her hood will expand out similar shape to the male's she was busy fishing at the time and flattened it prior to a dive.

Hooded Merganser

First year male.

Hoodie

A Hooded Merganser with his crown feathers up. The feathers can be up or down which changes the mergansers look dramatically.