TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Female Common Goldeneye Common Goldeneye- Bucephala islandica Common Goldeneye- Bucephala islandica, Order ANSERIFORMES - Family ANATIDAE - Subfamily Anatinae. The black-and-white Common Goldeneye is one of the last ducks to migrate south in fall. The eyes will be bright yellow in adult males and pale yellow to white in females. Male patterned in bold black and white, female smaller and gray with brown head. This female was found on Acton Lake in SW Ohio on a frigid early March moning--the temperature was 18°F. (Photo: March 12, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM, 1.4x teleconverter EF ll lens) For More Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Goldeneye_dtl.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.