Male Hooded Merganser.

A local pond here in Niagara entertained quite a few Hoodies a week ago. Maria and I took a few shots while we had some sunlight.

This male crossed over a nice reflection, and gave me a bit of a head turn. Knowing this was going to be a heavy crop, I keep the ISO as low as possible, but still having a decent shutter speed of 1/1000 second.

Such a cool bird, I hope we have some good weather this week to try again.

Thanks so much for your visit!

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