Ruddy Duck

This little guy rolled up while I was seeking Common Goldeneye at a local lake. There was a bit of chop on the water, and I was struggling to get a full body shot where the bird wasn't obscured by wavelets. A dive eventually brought him up just 20 feet from me, and I got as much of his body as I could from such close range. The posterior didn't fit, so I isolated this headshot instead. I like how he's cresting one wave and there's some distance to the next behind. Hella cute, right?

Shoreline Lake, Santa Clara County, California, 12/10/20
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x II on EOS 1DX Mark II
1/2500 at f/5.6, ISO 640