Goldeneyes (Puget Sound, US, Dec. 26, 2023) (1 Viewer)

[howiewu]

Happy New Year!

I think these three birds which I took pictures of on December 26, 2023 at a beach in the Puget Sound are a pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes (in front), with a trailing Common Goldeneye hen. Am I right?

Thanks,
Howard

 

[THE_FERN]

First 2 are barrow's. I think 3rd is too, based on head shape and a bill shape/size which is not notably different to the others

 

[howiewu]

Thanks! In any case, the Barrow's is a new bird to me, last one of 2023!