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Common Name:Duck, Harlequin
Scientific Name:Histrionicus histrionicus
Family:Anatidae
Area:Seal Rock Beach, Oregon
Date:September 11, 2014


This female Harlequin Duck is well camouflaged atop a pile of seaweed. - Seal Rock Beach, Oregon - July 25, 2009

Reference:National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America by Dunn & Alderfer /Best Little Book of Birds - the Oregon Coast by Swanson