Two Hooded Merganser drakes were showing off for a female, doing their best to strut their stuff.

The female didn’t seem to be that interested, and much of the action was one male crowding the other out.

Back and forth they went, in and out of reflections created by trees on the far side of the pond.

A second female circled around a few times but she didn’t distract the drakes from the first female.

Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
February 20, 2021