21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Big Rooster Tail
There were a half dozen Hooded Mergansers diving for crayfish on the lake. One of the females surfaced with a bright red crayfish. When two of the males twenty feed away saw it, they immediately took off after her to steal it, but she kicked up a gigantic rooster tail and escaped with her sumptuous catch.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 01.2022 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2023 |
| Photo Location: | Arcadia, California, United States of America |
| Copyright: | © John LeeWong |