Hooded Merganser with fish

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by Westcoaster from Vancouver CA on 23 Mar 2025

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I've found that usually when mergansers catch a fish they stay away from the shore, but in this instance this female Hooded Merganser was close enough to the shore to enable some decent photos

Camera: NIKON Z 8
Focal: 600 mm
Shutter speed: 0.0005 sec
Aperture: f/ 6.3

tagged: hooded merganser mergansers diving ducks animal bird cormorant waterfowl water outdoors nature beak vertebrate fluid liquid water_bird watercourse duck wildlife