Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: P1020199 FZ40

Another photo of the handsome Hooded Merganser male that flew in with his mate and landed on the large patch of open water of the lagoon at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary almost a week ago. This is the closest I've ever been to a Hooded Merganser - though this is a highly zoomed and greatly cropped image. This is a male Hooded Merganser in breeding plumage - it has a circular crest with large white patch, outlined in black, which can be raised (as in my photo) or lowered.