OK, some quick fun, through window, a 'raft' of buffleheads!

[elleng]

The bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is a small sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Anas albeola.[2]

The genus name is derived from ancient Greek boukephalos, "bullheaded", from bous, "bull", and kephale, "head", a reference to the oddly bulbous head shape of the species. The species name albeola is from Latin albus, "white".[3] The English name is a combination of buffalo and head, again referring to the head shape.[4] This is most noticeable when the male puffs out the feathers on the head, thus greatly increasing the apparent size of the head.

[Walleye]

1. Cool. I've never seen any of them. I'll be looking for them now

[elleng]

3. They're not always around, and are rather skittish so I didn't make noise by opening door;

lucky to catch through window.

[WhiteTara]

2. I love where you live!

such wonderful nature all around.

[wendyb-NC]

4. Buffleheads are wonderful

They are beautiful, colorfully iridescent feathered heads, which are big for their overall small size. Beautiful pictures, thanks for posting.

[fargone]

5. I am only seeing common goldeneyes in these pics

My first try at adding pics, so it may fail.

[elleng]

7. Same family!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufflehead

https://www.google.com/search?q=common+goldeneye&oq=common+golde&aqs=chrome.0.0i355i433i512j46i433i512j69i57j46i512j0i512l6.13961j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_goldeneye

bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

[fargone]

8. Same genus

Buffleheads and common goldeneyes are actually in the same genus, but they are not the same birds. Both are cool ducks to see. I usually only get to see them during spring and fall migration.

[shenmue]

6. Nice!

So that’s what they are!