Bufflehead

Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie. A Bufflehead spending the winter in central Florida - a bit out of his usual range.... more

by Dawn Currie

Title

Bufflehead

Artist

Dawn Currie

Medium

Photograph - Digital

Description

Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie. A Bufflehead spending the winter in central Florida - a bit out of his usual range.

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Awards:
- Bird of the Month - Pelican Island Audubon Society

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola): Bufflehead are very small, compact ducks with large, rounded heads and short, wide bills.This buoyant, large-headed duck that abruptly vanishes and resurfaces as it feeds, the tiny Bufflehead spends winters bobbing in bays, estuaries, reservoirs, and lakes. Males are striking black-and white from a distance. A closer look at the head shows glossy green and purple setting off the striking white patch. Females are a subdued gray-brown with a neat white patch on the cheek. Bufflehead nest in old woodpecker holes, particularly those made by Northern Flickers, in the forests of northern North America.

This particular male caused quite a stir in January 2013 when he showed up at the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands in Viera Florida. Though they are quite common in other regions, this was a first sighting in this area.

Uploaded

April 16th, 2014