Female Hooded Merganser swallowing fish caught in rapids below waterfall. Lophodytes cucullatus

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Female Hooded Merganser swallowing fish caught in rapids below waterfall.

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Size: 4134px × 2959px
Location: Fox River, Algonquin, Illinois, USA.
Photo credit: © Chuck Eckert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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