Hooded Mergansers — Giclée on Paper Print Size:28" x 36" the vine's foliage caught at

the vine's foliage caught at the turn between summer and early autumn

This image is one of the most immediately moving in Glen's catalogue — the chicks on the parent's back

the white-plumed seeds drifting into the composition from the milkweed at left

the long hind legs

Hooded Mergansers — Giclée on Paper Print Size:28" x 36" the vine's foliage caught atA pair of Hooded Mergansers on rippled water the male in foreground with his extraordinary black and white crest fully raised, the female behind him with her rust coloured head and subtler plumage. This 1987 watercolour is a study in the dramatic sexual dimorphism of the species: the male's crest is one of the most theatrical displays in North American waterfowl, and Glen rendered it with complete precision. The water surface below the birds carries