The black-and-white Common Goldeneye is one of the last ducks to migrate south in fall and it often will winter as far north as open water permits.
The eyes of a Common Goldeneye are gray-brown at hatching. They turn purple-blue, then blue, then green-blue as they age. By five months of age they have become clear pale green-yellow. The eyes will be bright yellow in adult males and pale yellow to white in females.
These Common Golden Eyes are hanging out with a couple of red breasted mergansers.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_goldeneye/lifehistory/ac
E.J. Lefavour
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