Diving Ducks

Don’t “dabble” and evidently never dawdle. Buffleheads, tiny and compact, dive and glide speedily while feeding off South beach.

Adult males in view are sporting breeding plumage (white back of head). Very agile offshore, these smallest of ducks will nest in tree cavities.

From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, Mar. 26, 2019