Bad Hair Day?

And who is to say a bird can't have a bad-hair-day too? This male Red-breasted Merganser on Yaquina Bay in Newport turned out to be the best photo of the day yesterday. Actually for us, yesterday was the opposite of a bad hair day.  We had bright sunshine and warm temperatures as we traveled up the Oregon Coast on Highway 101 from Winchester Bay to Lincoln City with some of the best views of the ocean that Jeanette and I can ever recall. We stopped along the way to walk and bird at Heceta Head State Scenic Viewpoint, Beaver Creek State Natural Area, Ona Beach at Brian Booth State Park, and Yaquina Bay in Newport. It was one of those perfect days of traveling in the motor home that we love so much, all the conveniences of home with us, everything we need where ever we stopped.