At primary school kids used to call me "Tufted Duck" because of me being a birdwatcher and having punky hair.
Being a true bird nerd I knew it wasn't a correct comparison, as male Tufted Ducks had a long tuft at the back of the head whilst my spike hair was pointing all directions.
A better name would be " Red-breasted Merganser" if one wanted to compare my hair with a bird.But yeah, that was probably to hard to remember and pronounce.
Today I went out to visit the Common Scoter again and hopefully try to photograph him with sunny conditions, The day started grey and misty, no scoter at the site... According the forecast it would clear later in the morning and nothing lied to that. So when the sun broke through I got back at the dam, again no scoter to be found...
The area is known for the wintering Red-breasted Mergansers and previous years I always managed to get some nice new shots. But because it was so busy (start of the holiday) I had to try my luck elsewhere and finally in the late afternoon I found three males in a harbour, because they were so busy diving I could sneak up and get some nice additions to the Red-breasted Mergansers.
Red-breasted Mergansers are one of my favourite Dutch birds in the winter period. They are cool looking punkers!
Below a punk rock song that fit's the blog in a way.