As soon as I spotted this female Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), she started to swim away. Then all of the sudden she stopped, turned her head, and seemed to smile back at me. This image captured our shared moment together.
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Mike Powell 
What a cute wee bird and I love the “shared moment” 🙂
She’s super cute, Mike. I think she likes having her picture taken.
Cute! We usually have three or four of these divers, together in the lagoon each year about this time. The water is about 12 feet in the center, and we play guessing games as to when and where they pop up. M 🙂
That’s a fun game, because buffleheads seem to be able to spend a pretty good amount of time underwater and travel pretty far before resurfacing. 🙂
Nice Mike! She was posing for you! Usually when I am about to shoot ducks turn their back on me or dive or dunk in the water!
After I hit reply I should of said PHOTOGRAPH instead of shoot!!