This Long-tailed Duck has been hanging around Boat Meadow Creek for a while. We read that thousands of them had stopped off on the Cape with the last couple of storms. This is the first one that I have ever seen.
A Long-tailed Duck is a small diving duck which has a dark brown back and a white head with a large black cheek patch. It spends the longest time under water relative to its time on the surface. They can dive to depths of 200 feet. Pretty cool, huh?
Have you ever seen a Long-tailed Duck?
Amazing!
And such an interesting color pattern.
I have never seen a long tailed duck before!
It is a very beautiful bird!
Thanks, Mel!
It’s always so much fun to see a new bird!
I just seen some of these ducks in Falmouth yesterday. I have pictures of them.