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Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Photo by AshleyT
Published on Project Noah
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35.2072, -101.834

Field Notes

Description:

A small, black and white diving duck.

Habitat:

At the park in town.

Reference Links:

Bufflehead, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
AntónioGinjaGinja
Very cool capture ashley,he is a super cute ,i love the common name:-) Congrats and thanks for sharing
AshleyT
Yes but of course it had to be cloudy so he wasn't all shiny. I noticed him close to the bank, so as soon as he went under I ran over and was ready for him to come back up. I think I surprised him because he started swimming away very quickly as soon as he came up :)
Tom15
Ashley, looks like you finally got to sneak up on a Bufflehead:-)

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