A few Hoodies

A few of the dozen or more Hooded Mergansers that were at the pond last weekend. Taken in the perpetual bad lighting we've been having on weekends for the past several weeks...

1 The happy couple...

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4 and 5 are stunning!

Lovely set Mike, great in-flight.

very nice Mike

Great set!

Very nice set, but #4 is a stand-out for me. Love her "hair-doo!"

Great job Mike,gotta love the Hoodies,specially when they are close to home

A very nice set here with super details in #4 and #5

Superb shots Mike, the in-flight and reflections are excellent.

Mike, really nice captures~!

Scrumhalf wrote in post #15818549
4 and 5 are stunning!

Thank you very much, I'm glad you like them!

Joe52 wrote in post #15818788
Lovely set Mike, great in-flight.

Thanks Joe, I really appreciate it!

kmunroe wrote in post #15818847
very nice Mike

Thank you Kenny, I appreciate your kind comments!

BGgraphy wrote in post #15819369
Great set!

Thanks Bret, glad you like them!

SJC from VT wrote in post #15819445
Very nice set, but #4 is a stand-out for me. Love her "hair-doo!"

Thank you very much! I think the bird in #4 just came from the salon

andrewhuxman wrote in post #15819978
Great job Mike,gotta love the Hoodies,specially when they are close to home

Thanks Andrew, glad you enjoyed them! I'm happy to find these birds anywhere, just more happy when they cooperate a little like this bunch did!

Gary Fairhead wrote in post #15820224
A very nice set here with super details in #4 and #5

Thank you very much Gary! #4 & 5 compared to the others, illustrates very well the difference between shooting with the 300 f2.8L alone (#4 and 5), and shooting with the 300 f2.8L + Canon 2x extender mk. III (all the others).

Lester Wareham wrote in post #15820229
Superb shots Mike, the in-flight and reflections are excellent.

Thank you very much for your kind comments Lester! They're very much appreciated!

Flo wrote in post #15820977
Mike, really nice captures~!

Thank you very much Gail, I'm glad you like them!

Hoodies are so cool.
Excellent captures.