Bufflehead Showoff
As you watch the ducks in water preening themselves every once in a while they will stand up and perform a “wing flap.” As this Male Bufflehead did while wooing the females in MLK Regional Shoreline. Males leave their mates during incubation in order to molt, but return to the same mate multiple years in a row (one of the few duck species in which this is true). We find this bird difficult to photograph as the iridescent green and purple sheen seems to confuse the camera.
Bufflehead Showoff
As you watch the ducks in water preening themselves every once in a while they will stand up and perform a “wing flap.” As this Male Bufflehead did while wooing the females in MLK Regional Shoreline. Males leave their mates during incubation in order to molt, but return to the same mate multiple years in a row (one of the few duck species in which this is true). We find this bird difficult to photograph as the iridescent green and purple sheen seems to confuse the camera.