And a photobombing turtle!
![Hooded Mergansers](https://i0.wp.com/passingbyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230227-5P3A2698-Edit-1024x576.jpg?resize=474%2C267&ssl=1)
One of them was fanning her tail feathers in quite a display.
![Hooded Mergansers](https://i0.wp.com/passingbyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230227-5P3A2709-Edit-1024x576.jpg?resize=474%2C267&ssl=1)
I’m assuming they are female but it is possible that one or all of them are juvenile males, not females.
![Hooded Mergansers](https://i0.wp.com/passingbyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230227-5P3A2712-Edit-1024x576.jpg?resize=474%2C267&ssl=1)
A lone male Hooded Merganser was on the other side of the pond but he opted not to check this trio out up close.
![Hooded Merganser](https://i0.wp.com/passingbyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230227-5P3A3008-Edit-1024x576.jpg?resize=474%2C267&ssl=1)
Cypress Wetlands, Port Royal, SC
February 27, 2023