He points out a group of common goldeneyes gliding in the water, a lone mute swan perched on a patch of ice, ring-necked ducks and common mergansers swimming nearby. As he spoke, a bald eagle soared ...

There were hundreds of common goldeneyes, and the flashy black-and-white drakes were busily courting hens — avian harbingers of spring. A courting goldeneye is a spectacle. The amorous drake ...