The fine-looking drake was pretty shy and kept its distance from me (but ignored dog walkers and ordinary students). It swam from one side of the lake to the other, occasionally flying short distances. The light was alright but my old camera is too slow so I screwed up the flight shots. But I guess that for 15 minutes of effort this is not too bad.
This is my second UEA Goosander. The January 2015 redhead was even more skittish. Not a rare bird in Norfolk, but always nice to see. Unique birds.
Anyone knows anything about moult of these guys? He seems to have a suspended moult?
Those red legs...
With friends
I'm out of here
We have them on our local river breeding (Birs, near Basel) and they are pretty tame for Goosander. But the head is such a dark colour it is very hard to capture properly.
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