Ruxton Island Field Guide

Ruxton Island is in the Canadian province of BC, in the warm, sunny Gulf Islands. I'm constantly adding observations. Please enter your photos on iNat's Ruxton Island Biodiversity Project, and I'll add them here. Birds are under 2 headings on the left, due to a glitch in iNat.

Harlequin Duck ¹
Histrionicus histrionicus

American Wigeon ²
Mareca americana

Mallard ³
Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead ²
Bucephala albeola

Barrow's Goldeneye ⁴
Bucephala islandica

Red-breasted Merganser ⁵
Mergus serrator

Canada Goose ⁶
Branta canadensis

Trumpeter Swan ⁷
Cygnus buccinator

Common Goldeneye ⁴
Bucephala clangula

Common Merganser ⁸
Mergus merganser

White-winged Scoter ²
Melanitta fusca

Surf Scoter ²
Melanitta perspicillata

Edited by John D Reynolds, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

1. (c) Len Blumin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2. (c) Rick Leche, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
3. (c) Charles Lam, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
4. (c) Doug Greenberg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
5. (c) Robert Keereweer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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8. (c) Luciano Giussani, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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