image credit: Jerry Ting
image credit: Doug Greenberg
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image credit: Jerry Ting
image credit: Doug Greenberg
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image credit: fiznattyHabitat: northwestern North America but also in scattered locations in eastern Canada and Iceland
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Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) is not a character from Austin Powers as you might first be led to believe. In fact, it is a very beautiful species of water fowl (I sound so proper when I use the words ‘water fowl’).
These birds are avid divers, as they collect all their meals from underwater. Favorite foods include aquatic insects, crustaceans, and pond vegetation.
I love those big yellow eyes and Jersey Shore-esque poof the males rock. Snooki would be proud.
Edit: the first picture is actually of a Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser hybrid! Thanks Robert!
