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Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Description:

A small, black and white diving duck.

Habitat:

At the park in town.

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3 Comments

Very cool capture ashley,he is a super cute ,i love the common name:-)
Congrats and thanks for sharing

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

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
Tom15 10 years ago

Ashley, looks like you finally got to sneak up on a Bufflehead:-)

AshleyT
Spotted by
AshleyT

Texas, USA

Spotted on Feb 15, 2014
Submitted on Feb 16, 2014

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