These are active, strong winged fliers moving singly or in small flocks, often high in the air. Distinctive wing-whistling sound in flight has earned the name of whistlers.
Goldeneyes generally move south late in the season; most of them winter on coastal waters and great lakes. Inland, they like rapid and fast moving water.
Borrow's goldeneye, predominantly a westerner, is less wary than the common goldeneye.
Common:
Length- 19"
Weight 2 ?
Barrow's:
Length- 19"
Weight- 2
Goldeneye
Goldeneye
I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature’s ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. – Fred Bear
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hobiecat
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Re: Goldeneye
I sure would like to shoot one or two of them!
I was drunk the day my momma got outta prison.
Re: Goldeneye
I'm not sure I have ever seen one... Never had an interest in bird watching.
I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature’s ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. – Fred Bear
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hobiecat
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Re: Goldeneye
I like's watchin'em, right before I pulls the trigger!
I was drunk the day my momma got outta prison.
Re: Goldeneye
Chit, I am at a lost - dont know enough about duck huntin to make a reply..
I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature’s ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. – Fred Bear
Re: Goldeneye
Aint that the trueth
I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature’s ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. – Fred Bear