October 18, 2015

I took this shot of the female northern shoveler at a wildlife refuge in northcentral Ohio. I had not seen any shovelers around these parts since early last spring, not sure if this is an early migrator or perhaps a resident bird. I shot this about an hour before dusk, the sun had just came out of the clouds putting a wonderful glow on everything, this is without doubt my favorite time of day to photograph waterfowl.