Common Goldeneye
“On February 10, Three Common Goldeneyes and a couple Common Eider hens were spotted off Pond Cove.”
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On February 10, Three Common Goldeneyes and a couple Common Eider hens were spotted off Pond Cove.
Additionally there was a male Common Goldeneye in Seal Cove.
I read as much as I could find on the challenges associated with identifying the subtle, subjective and inconsistent differences between female Barrow’s and Common Goldeneyes.
I also recently learned that Hooded Mergansers and Common Goldeneyes sometimes compete for tree nest cavities.
Also, just offshore were significant numbers of foraging Black Scoters and Common Eiders, several Red-breasted Mergansers (merganser in Latin roughly translates to “plunging goose”) and a pair of Common Goldeneye ducks.
In the last days of February off of Dyer Point, Trundy Point, Pond Cove and Fort Williams I saw the following - Common Loons, Common Eiders, Harlequin Ducks, Long-tailed Ducks, Common Goldeneyes, Black and Surf Scoters and Red-breasted Mergansers.
As for my notes from the field, in the last days of March, one could still find good numbers of Long-tailed Ducks and Common Goldeneyes off Pond Cove and Dyer Point.
Additionally, January 8 off Trundy Point I spotted two hardy Common Goldeneyes in the act.
Along our travels we spotted nine species of sea ducks including all three scoter species: Harlequin, Common Goldeneye and Long-tailed Ducks as well as Red-breasted Mergansers and Buffleheads.
And on January 27 as snow swept across the saltmarsh a Northern Harrier drifted across the land while two male Common Goldeneyes led six females as they dove and foraged upstream from the Spurwink River Crossing.
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…on February 6 three Brown Creepers were foraging in an old White Oak Tree along Shore Road and on February 9 along the Spurwink River two male Common Goldeneye ducks performed brief courtship displays including the “head throw kick” while a Belted Kingfisher unleashed its wild rattling call directly overhead.