Surf Scoter with some attitude
Who doesn’t love a head on pose? The bill and those eyes, I’m not sure which I find more engaging. I was very lucky in my encounter with these birds - typically skittish and out to sea, they became very comfortable with my presence at low tide one late morning with beautiful steel light. Eventually they came close until some idiot in a kayak decided to paddle right beside me and scare them all away. Atleast I got a number of shots of the drakes and a few hen.
Surf Scoter with some attitude
Who doesn’t love a head on pose? The bill and those eyes, I’m not sure which I find more engaging. I was very lucky in my encounter with these birds - typically skittish and out to sea, they became very comfortable with my presence at low tide one late morning with beautiful steel light. Eventually they came close until some idiot in a kayak decided to paddle right beside me and scare them all away. Atleast I got a number of shots of the drakes and a few hen.