TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

A Bufflehead Chase Buffleheads- Bucephala albeola Buffleheads- Bucephala albeola, Family Anatidae, Subfamily Anatinae. The males have a large whitepatch on their heads. The females "white patch"is less distinct. On this late February day, males were courting females. It was impressive! "They typically nest in tree cavities. The smallest diving duck in North America." These birds were found in the Shaker Trace Wetlands in the Miami Whitewater Forest area in SW Ohio. The wetlands only had a few waterfowl present. Photo: Feb 21, 2005, Canon EOS Mark II digital camera with 600mm f/4.0 L IS lens and 1.4X Teleconverter For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Bufflehead.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.