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Photographing Drake Common Goldeneyes In A Territorial Dispute

By Mia McPherson|2022-02-01T05:35:33-06:00January 14th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Common Goldeneyes, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, bow wave, Bucephala clangula, chase, chased, Common Goldeneye, diving ducks, drake, duck, ducks, end, goldeneye, goldeneyes, male, photograph, photographing, pond, running, skidding, sliding, surface, territorial dispute, urban, victory, water, wing flap, winter|

Yesterday afternoon I was thrilled to be able to photograph two adult drake Common Goldeneyes in a territorial dispute on a pond as they moved across my field of view.