Bet that title caught your attention, huh? Birding may be slowing down as the weather is getting colder and I am not a fan of the cold but that could change if I hear of some interesting species I’ve not captured yet. But I have hundreds of photos to cull and edit to keep me occupied for awhile.
So here are two species of diving ducks that up until this first year of my exploring bird photography more seriously, I had never heard of let alone seen. The first are some Bufflehead ducks (read more about it here)
And a similar species, the Hooded Merganser (read more here)
I saw the Merganser ducks first and mistakenly identified them as Buffleheads until I looked it up and realized my mistake – whoops! While they both have that big white patch on their heads, the Merganser’s fold theirs down while the Buffles don’t. We’re looking forward to capturing more birds when breeding season rolls around and (hopefully) when it’s safe to travel again.
Isn’t nature amazing? Have a great weekend everyone!
Teri 📷
Images by T.Dashfield Photography 
Pretty ducks.
That they are! Thanks, Tim.
Hmm, Bufflehead? That’s a new one for me. I love seeing Mergansers … so pretty. Amazing how many different kinds of ducks there really are.
Such wonderful variety in the bird world 🙂
Nature really is amazing.
Have a great weekend, too,
Pit
Indeed Mother Nature is amazing! Thanks, Pit.
Nice
Thank you.
My pleasure🙏🏻
I never heard of a bufflehead duck. They’re cute.
I wonder who gave them the name and upon what basis? 🙂
Very nice, Teri! The merganser in the golden water is really lovely.
Thank you, Belinda 🙂
It is amazing to see different colored ducks in their plume finery through your lenses. Thanks for the share and have a fun (warmer) weekend ahead.
Thank you 🙂 Alas…we had one warm day and then a quick return to chilly grey skies.
🌞🌞Wishing you warmer days.
Thank you but we are heading right into the jaws of winter in a couple of weeks 😦
Brrr! Stay warm and I envy you for snow and old weather as I only get 34C and wet weather in lil red dot!
Wow!!!
Nature is pretty amazing. Those are beautiful birds!
Nature is very amazing and they were such a cute trio.