The appropriately named Harlequin Duck:
It's one of most striking and distinctly patterned birds out there:
Even their backs are beautiful!
This crazy-hair dude is a Red-Breasted Merganser:
You see the energy that goes into a duck dive:
Mute swans: common, even invasive, but so graceful:
Great Blue Heron keeping a lookout
Savannah Sparrow:
One of the weirdest beaks out there: White-Winged Crossbill:
Their beaks are special-made for extracting seeds from pine cones:
A cute Barn Owl peeking out of her home:
A young Red-Tailed Hawk (when they are young, their tails are gray):
A confiding Bufflehead: