Double-Trouble -- Two Flying Goldeneye Ducks

by Judi Dressler

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Double-Trouble -- Two Flying Goldeneye Ducks

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Judi Dressler

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The female Common Goldeneye adds a bright note to winter days with her radiant amber eye, beautiful brown head, and black, white and grey body and wings. I had gone to a stream to photograph some ducks, and found several goldeneyes, both male and female, swimming and diving for food such as aquatic invertebrates and fish in the cold winter water. These two females took off together against the beautiful reflections in the water!

This is by far the more numerous of the two goldeneye species, often seen in small flocks, sometimes in large concentrations. When feeding, all the birds in one section of a flock may dive at the same time. They tend not to mix freely with other waterfowl. Fast in flight, their wings make a whistling sound, earning them the hunters' name of "Whistler." Look for them on large rivers, lakes, and Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts in winter. They nest in tree cavities in the boreal forest of Canada and Alaska in spring.

Photo taken on December 6th, 2019, in Littleton, Colorado

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