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Bufflehead, Male
Stanley Jones

Bufflehead, Male (Bucephala albeola)

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) male. Nothing quite like being flipped off by a cute little duck (lol).
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Habitat
Edwards Plateau vegetation area, sewage ponds adjacent to the Colorado River next to the river is a riparian hackberry/elm woods and elsewhere the ponds are surrounded by open fields and sewage treatment plant at 134 m (440 ft) elevation.
Location
ol). Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
February 2023
Scientific name
Bucephala albeola
Equipment used
Canon
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C B Allen
You have to laugh when ducks get cute with you! Memories of when this was one of my regular birding spots during a couple of years living/working based around Austin in the late 1980's. tfs.
 
Dabs
I dont know how this guy got that strange name, but he is showing off, Stanley.

Cracking shot!
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
242
Comment count
9

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R5
Aperture
Æ’/7.1
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1250 second(s)
ISO
250
Filename
Bufflehead (male) agitated, Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory, Austin, Travis County.jpg
File size
888.2 KB
Date taken
Sun, 26 February 2023 10:45 AM
Dimensions
1024px x 547px

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