Aquatic Birds

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Eight Hooded Mergansers

Beautiful little scene & the most mergansers I'd ever seen at one time. Very far away so this is heavily cropped. There are 3 males and 5 females. I so look forward to the day I can photograph one of these magnificent males at close range.
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

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