Male Barrow’s Goldeneye, Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

hey Folks,

Here’s the best of the duck opportunities I had. A Barrow’s goldeneye. A male and a female were hanging out at this small pond, and I spent a number of hours there trying to get some images. ducks spend a lot of time floating around on ponds with their head tucked under the wings sleeping. ‘Dabbler’s they’re called - well these ducks did more sleeping than dabbling.

Cheers

Carl

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4 Responses to “Male Barrow’s Goldeneye, Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska.”

Beth Lunsford Says:
June 8th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Now that’s a really cool looking bird!!
Beth Lunsford Says:
June 8th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Oh yeah, Carl, I know that you are going to be extremely busy for awhile, but I wanted to tell you about a book I read. If you haven’t read it, check it out when you get a chance. It’s called The Year Long Day & it came out in 1975. You may have already read it. But it is great! A true adventure story set in the Arctic about a trapper on Spitzbergen. It’s written by Ivar Ruud & A.E. Maxwell.
Carl Donohue Says:
June 10th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Hey Beth

Thanks for the head’s up on the book. I just bought about 20 books this past winter, and still have half of them to get through, so it’ll be a while before I’m up for more. Sounds way cool though, I haven’t heard of it before.

Cheers

Carl
Female Barrows Goldeneye, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska. - Stock Photos - Skolai Images Says:
June 21st, 2008 at 4:47 am
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