F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 220.
Hooded Merganser ( Female )
What did the duck carry his schoolbooks in?
His Quackpack
Interesting Fact: The Hooded Merganser is the second-smallest of the six living species of mergansers (only the Smew of Eurasia is smaller) and is the only one restricted to North America. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Merganser/lifehistory )