{"id":69671,"date":"2019-03-01T06:17:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T13:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=69671"},"modified":"2019-03-01T06:17:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T13:17:11","slug":"female-hooded-merganser-with-a-weather-loach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/01\/female-hooded-merganser-with-a-weather-loach\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Hooded Merganser With A Weather Loach"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sudden wind gust can sure raise havoc with the results of a recent trip to the beauty salon.<\/p>\n

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1\/1250, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,\u00a0Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

A few weeks ago I spent some time with this female Hooded Merganser as she and her mate were fishing at a local pond. As usual around here they usually came up with weather loaches. This one fought like the devil to escape her clutches but to no avail.<\/p>\n

She was sidelit but I think that light enhanced her frosted brown, hammerhead crest. Don’t she look purdy?<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n

But a sudden wind gust put the kibosh on that fancy “do” and turned it into an Alfalfa-esque parody that made me smile (for those old enough to remember Alfalfa from “Our Gang”). And the wind seemed to take all the starch out of the fish too, though perhaps it actually added a little starch to her crest feathers…<\/p>\n

I’ve rarely been able to photograph Hooded Mergansers so I really enjoyed my short time with these two birds (I’ve posted photos of the male previously).<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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A sudden wind gust can sure raise havoc with the results of a recent trip to the beauty salon.<\/p>\n

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