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Roger Simmons
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Birds, Words, Pics + TV

Spending the evening with Hooded Mergansers

Roger Simmons, December 1, 2025December 2, 2025

There always seems to be a big difference when you photograph birds in the morning or the evening. So, I went to Oviedo to try to see the visiting Hooded Merganser ducks in a different light.

At first there were no ducks at all in the little pond — apparently some kids had been throwing rocks at the Mergansers and chased them away before I arrived. (Sigh – stupid kids!!) Fortunately for me, after a while, one of the male ducks came back. Later, a couple others joined him.

It was great photographing the ducks as the light was coming from the west, and I also changed my position to the opposite side of the pond from where I was during my recent morning visit.

I love watching and photographing these beautiful ducks — morning or evening.

Male Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.
Male Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.
Male Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.
Male Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.
Male Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.
Male Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.
Male Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.
Female Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.
Male Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.
Male Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.
Male Hooded Mergansers and a female, Oviedo, November 2025.
Male Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.
Male Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.
Male Hooded Merganser, Oviedo, November 2025.

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