ADULT MALE Has shiny green-blue crown and mane, adorned with white lines. Chin and throat are white,… read more
ADULT MALE Has chocolate brown head and nape, with white breast extending as stripe up side of head.… read more
ADULT MALE Has a striking head pattern with green stripe stretching back from eye, creamy white fore… read more
ADULT MALE Has shiny green head (looks dark in poor light), white breast, and chestnut on flanks and… read more
ADULT MALE Has chestnut-orange head with green patch through eye, faintly bordered with yellow. Plum… read more
ADULT MALE Has mainly bright cinnamon-red plumage, darkest on back. Note the beady reddish eye. Ecli… read more
ADULT MALE Has bluish head with diagnostic white crescent. Body is buffy brownish, marbled with dark… read more
ADULT MALE Has orange-red head with yellow forehead. Breast is pinkish, while rest of plumage is mai… read more
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
ADULT MALE Has yellow bill and green, shiny head and upper neck that are separated from chestnut bre… read more
ADULT MALE Has a buffy gray head and neck, with clear separation from the darker gray, finely patter… read more
ADULT Has gray-brown plumage, palest in tundra birds and darkest in taiga birds. All birds show vari… read more
ADULT MALE Has black head and neck, former appears shiny purple in good light (green in male Greater… read more
Redhead
Aythya americana
ADULT MALE Has a reddish orange head and upper neck, clearly demarcated from the black lower neck an… read more
ADULT MALE Has light gray belly and flanks, the leading edge of which is pale and appears as a verti… read more
Male has mainly glossy black plumage, with white flanks; bill is mainly gray, becoming pale toward t… read more
ADULT MALE Has green-glossed head and dark breast; both can look black in poor light. Belly and flan… read more
ADULT MALE Has a reddish chestnut head, black breast and vent, and otherwise very pale gray body. No… read more
Brant
Branta bernicla
ADULT Has black head and neck with white "collar," dark gray upperparts, and white vent. Breast and … read more
ADULT Has black head and neck, and white cheek. Bill and legs are black. Typical birds have gray-bro… read more
22-27" (56-68 cm). Brownish body with black head, long black neck, conspicuous white cheek patch. Sh… read more
25-28" (63.5-71 cm). A small, white-faced goose; back barred with black and gray; crown, eye line, n… read more
ADULT MALE Has rather large, rounded head that looks black and white in poor light; good light revea… read more
ADULT MALE Has mainly black and white plumage. Rounded, peaked head appears dark in poor light, but … read more
ADULT MALE Has proportionately large, rounded, iridescent purple head with very steep forehead and v… read more
ADULT WHITE MORPH Has mainly white plumage, with black primaries. Bill and legs are pink. ADULT blue… read more
26-28" (66-71 cm). As large as Snow Goose or Greater White-fronted Goose. Body and wings silvery gra… read more
ADULT WHITE MORPH Has white plumage, except for black primaries. Bill and legs are pink. ADULT blue … read more
ADULT MALE In winter and spring looks mainly black, gray, and white, with buffy patch around eye and… read more
ADULT Has essentially pure white plumage although feathers on neck and belly are sometimes stained w… read more
ADULT Has essentially pure white plumage, although this can appear rather dirty after feeding in mur… read more
ADULT Has an orange-brown back, breast, and lower neck. Upper neck and head are gray, except for ruf… read more
ADULT MALE Has mainly dark blue body plumage and red flanks. Head is adorned with white markings: cr… read more
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus (Mergus cucullatus)
ADULT MALE Has large crest that can be flattened or fanned, presenting a large, gleaming white patch… read more
ADULT MALE Has mainly black plumage (dark brown on flanks), which emphasizes striking white horizont… read more
ADULT MALE Has uniformly black plumage. Otherwise dark bill has a striking bulbous yellow knob at ba… read more
Surf Scoter
Melanitta perspicillata
ADULT MALE Has mainly black plumage, but note prominent white patches on nape and forehead. Bill is … read more
ADULT MALE Unmistakable, with bright red-orange bill, glossy green head (looks dark in poor light), … read more
ADULT MALE Has a narrow reddish bill, a green head (looks dark in poor light), white neck, and strea… read more
ADULT MALE In breeding plumage, has orange-chestnut body plumage, white cheeks, black cap and nape, … read more
Male has white head, with black eye patch and chin, lime green topknot, black stern, and black fligh… read more
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