Common Goldeneye (female)
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Common Goldeneye (female)
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These diving ducks are very fun to watch. This one was chasing every small duck in the pond and making this funny hissing sound. I watched her several times swim under the nearby ice just to be looking at me and what I was doing.

Photos taken in Sara P. Duke Gardens on January 03, 2001

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