I love the spiky reddish “hairstyle” of a female female Hooded Merganser duck (Lophodytes cucullatus). I spotted this little beauty on Monday at a small suburban pond not far from where I live. Technically this is a “stormwater management facility,” but the pond is big enough and deep enough that a number of different duck species (and a lot of Canada Geese) are resident there during the winter months.
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Mike Powell 
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I’ve never seen such a duck! I love the uniqueness of our creatures! Great capture!
What a sweetie!
These ducks always make me think of a singer from my youth, Toyah Willcox. She had similar “hairstyles” in similar colours to this duck.