Goldeneye Duck over the Stream
by Judi Dressler
Title
Goldeneye Duck over the Stream
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
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. This female took off by herself... maybe she needed some time alone.:)
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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Dawn Currie
Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world! You are invited to archive it in the 2019 Pure Nature Photography Featured Work Archive discussion thread for longer lasting visibility.
Don Columbus
Congratulations Judi, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Don Columbus
Congratulations Judi, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"