Erika and I found a small flock of Barrow’s Goldeneye on 9 November 2019 in Budd Bay off Olympia. These ducks breed along freshwater lakes in the mountains from Alaska into the northwestern United States. They wnter in coastal bays or estuaries or freshwater mountain lakes that do not freeze. The species also breeds in Iceland and winters in eastern Canaca and the far northeastern United States. The duck is named for John Barrow (1764-1848), a British Arctic explorer. The bird with with bright bill is a female.
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