BUFFLEHEAD DUCKS, PART II

A couple of days ago I offered a piece on my Facebook page regarding the first-ever observed visit to my pond of these delightful little ducks.  Only the male was here on his migration from the deep south of the US where it winters to somewhere in Canada where it prefers to breed.

He spent more than 12 hours during that first visit diving about twice per minute for food.  Evidently it was extremely hungry after its long flight. 

Wednesday morning he or one of his pals was back and brought his girlfriend.  That's the male on the right side of this page from my National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America.  The female is illustrated closest to my thumb.