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Coming in For a Landing (Hooded Merganser)
A male hooded merganser comes in for a landing at Enos Marsh.

Hoodie in Flight (Hooded Merganser)
Another "Hoodie" flight shot from Enos Marsh.

Hooded Merganser Female in Flight
Today, I captured a moment at Foothills Marsh in Nanaimo where both a male and female bird flew in close proximity. However, it was impossible to focus on both simultaneously. I had a mere three seconds to photograph either one in focus at any given time, all while managing a phone call. It was certainly a challenging multitasking feat.

Hooded Merganser Male in Flight
Today, I captured a moment at Foothills Marsh in Nanaimo where both a male and female bird flew in close proximity. However, it was impossible to focus on both simultaneously. I had a mere three seconds to photograph either one in focus at any given time, all while managing a phone call. It was certainly a challenging multitasking feat.

Spring Has Sprung (Hooded Merganser)
The hoodies were out strutting their stuff yesterday at Foothills Marsh.

Courtship Display (Hooded Merganser)
Got to photograph the male hoodies up close today at Oliver Woods Marsh doing their courtship display. Flickr folks please left click for extra detail.

Male Hooded Merganser
Lots of these guys hanging around the beaver pond yesterday.

Handsome Hoodie (Hooded Merganser)
Lots of nice male hoodies down at Brookwood Marsh lately.

Full Body Image (Hooded Merganser)
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Hooded Merganser Portrait
Funny, when I first started out in digital photography you couldn't get within 200 feet of these guys. Now both them and the wood ducks come right in close. Had to take the teleconverter off and this hoodie was still too close to get the whole bird in the frame so I had to make a portrait image out of it.

Brookwood Male Merganser
Would have liked a bit more light to allow a faster shutter speed on this image. Pretty dull today. Taken hand held at 400mm.