Winter beatuies

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: