The Tail Drag
by Shoal Hollingsworth
Title
The Tail Drag
Artist
Shoal Hollingsworth
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A male Hooded Merganser landing on the water in Palm Springs California. Mergansers are small ducks with a thin bill and a fan-shaped, collapsible crest that makes the head look oversized and oblong. The hooded merganser, lophodytes cucullatus, is a species of merganser. It is the only extant species in the genus Lophodytes. The genus name derives from the Greek language: lophos meaning 'crest', and dutes meaning 'diver'. The bird is striking in appearance; both sexes have crests that they can raise or lower, and the breeding plumage of the male is handsomely patterned and colored. The hooded merganser has a sawbill but is not classified as a typical merganser.
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January 7th, 2017
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Comments (61)
Antonis Meintanis
Wonderful ....Amazing...action shot dear Shoal !! π i love the motion and reflections! πBest Wishes !πfavπ
Kathy M Krause
Excellent action shot, Shoal! Love the reflections, details, and the motion of the water!
Tom Claud
Great shot! The blurred wings give an awesome sense of motion and the reflection is amazing, Shoal!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
Dawn Currie
Congratulations! This fine image of an identified wild bird is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the 2021 Features Archive and Thanks discussion for additional visibility.
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Anthony Jones
Beautiful work! Thank you for submitting your artwork to the Southern California Artist Collective Group where the image is now featured on the home page. Feel free to post this in the Featured archive in the group discussion page section L/F