Returning from my back field cattle check, I spotted several ducks on middle
pond. In the low early morning light, camera kept displaying a question mark,
like it couldn’t figure out what I was trying to focus on. Although I didn’t
walk directly toward the ducks and kept the Sun behind me on my oblique
approach, they took off with me still around 300 feet away. Despite low light,
poor camera performance and distant shots, their field marks were so
distinctive they had to be Hooded Mergansers. Poor pics with eBird report.
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Frank Lyne
frank@xxxxxxxxxxx - near Dot in Logan County, KY