For This 24th of may I decided I would try and capture a merganser. Of the duck family it is the second smallest of that genus. Pictured here is a female of the "hooded meganser". These are very hard to photograph at a close distance as they are more skittish than the larger ducks one can feed at any given pond and tend to fly off rather quickly. These "ducks" have great eyesight and catch their food ( small fish ,crustaceans and insects) by diving and swimming under water.
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