I think that these are buffleheads.. They were swimming in pairs along the waterside at the UBNA. Every time I stopped to capture a photo of them, the male would submerge himself completely underwater and re-emerge only in time for the female to submerge herself. Finally I caught one with them both out of the water!
Duck swimming along in the pond. Stayed in sight for a long time but did not swim closer to my side of the pond.
He had a light grey chest, white under eye to rear of head. Could not see eye color.
The Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is a small American sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Anas albeola.
