Bird Watching: As close as I've been able to get, 1 by Floridian

Floridian wrote:
to Hooded Mergansers Lophodytes cucullatus ...ever!

The Hooded Merganser winter in our area but only briefly. I know "winter" is here when they start showing up in a particular neighborhood pond. Every winter I see just a few and then they are gone.

Last winter I was able to sneak up on them without spooking them and these are the pictures I got.

There are 14 pictures...overkill I'm sure, but since I couldn't decide which to exclude you get all of them. LOL

2 Males and a Female
She's doesn't seem very interested in them, does she?