RHH's photos with the keyword: histrionicus

Another photo of a male Harlequin Duck photographed at Rosario beach in Deception Pass State Park, Washington.

These are male and female Harlequin Ducks, photographed at Rosario Beach in Deception Pass State Park, Washington.

Thought I'd add another bird, photographed at Rosario Beach, part of Deception Pass State Park. Was there briefly this spring and saw a number of these near the tide pools there. Interestingly, the scientific name for this species, Histrionicus histrionicus, refers to the fact that they are made up like an actor.

Male Harlequin Duck, Berg Lake, Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia.

Earlier this spring we were in Washington Park looking for Fairy Slippers and especially for an all white Fairy Slipper. As is always the case with us we looked for anything worth photographing and saw this pair of Harlequins feeding in the surf along the shore. I was fiddling with a new lens and did not get a good shot, but my wife got this shot. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/05/spring-in-w...