Barrow's Goldeneye (female)

Description:

Chocolate brown head, gray back, wings and tail(with some white markings on the wings), yellow tip on black bill and a white collar.

Habitat:

Spotted at the Swantown Marina. With a relatively limited usual range in the lower 48 states of the U.S., the Barrow’s Goldeneye is a prized vagrant to find on a winter birding trip in many states. Barrow’s Goldeneye breeding territories are defended by males, and some pairs also defend winter territories, though lone birds are often seen in winter with flocks of Common Goldeneyes.