#bufflehead

[samimarkart]

Some ducks I’ve been seeing recently!

[mostlybirdsandphotos]

male bufflehead showing off his beautiful iridescence ( ˙꒳​˙ )

[scottpartridge]

The fourth week of #feathruary2026 hosted by Missy @projectparlor and Michell @mischievousredfox is decade colorways. Here is a #bufflehead pair in an #80s look.

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[antiqueanimals]

Wildlife in North Carolina, February 1974. Illustration by Al Kocan.

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[brooklynbridgebirds]

Bufflehead Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 2

[herpsandbirds]

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), drake/male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, found over much of North America

Breeding across Canada and Alaska, overwintering in other parts of the continent.

photograph by Ian Gill

[thewaterbirds]

Bufflehead drake

2025, watercolor and gouache

I cannot tell you how many delicate paint layers went on his face to try to achieve that feather iridescence.