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Birders

elleng

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2. Neither had I, until a few years ago they appeared in my front 'yard!'

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 29, 2020, 05:00 PM

Nov 2020

The bufflehead is a small sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Anas albeola. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufflehead

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First Buffleheads I've seen this season, [View all] elleng Nov 2020 OP

Oh wow soothsayer Nov 2020 #1

Neither had I, until a few years ago they appeared in my front 'yard!' elleng Nov 2020 #2

Pretty darling! soothsayer Nov 2020 #3

Smaller. elleng Nov 2020 #5

Cute! soothsayer Nov 2020 #6

They do this cute 'flit,' too; elleng Nov 2020 #8

I saw one of these with a flock of Canadian honkers the other day. DURHAM D Nov 2020 #4

You're welcome. I had no idea how many varieties of ducks there are, until elleng Nov 2020 #7

Haven't seen any yet drmeow Nov 2020 #9

Have also seen Canada Geese and mallards, elleng Nov 2020 #10