Baby Bufflehead Flotilla
by Kathleen Bishop
Title
Baby Bufflehead Flotilla
Artist
Kathleen Bishop
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Wildlife photograph of a flotilla of adorable fluffy baby Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) ducklings floating with their mama on the rippling water of Manzanita Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
These newly-hatched baby ducks were brooded in a cavity nest in one of the Ponderosa pines lining the lakeshore. They parachuted from the tree shortly after hatching, and bounced onto a soft carpet of pine needles. Before they had time to catch their breath, they had to scramble behind their mother who marched them down to the water for their maiden voyage on the lake.
©Kathleen Bishop. All Rights Reserved.
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January 7th, 2020
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