Common Goldeneye Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Common Goldeneyes are a pretty common migrant through South Dakota, but it's not a species I've had a heck of a lot of luck photographing. Like all other waterfowl in the state, they're pretty skittish (creatures tend to be skittish of humans if they're always being shot at). The photo below is from the Missouri River near Pierre, on New Year's Day, 2013.

Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula


Common Goldeneye 1	Common Goldeneye 2	Common Goldeneye 3	Common Goldeneye 4
January 28th, 2007	January 28th, 2007	January 28th, 2007	January 1st, 2013
Missouri River near Pierre, South Dakota	Missouri River near Pierre, South Dakota	Missouri River near Pierre, South Dakota	Missouri River near Pierre, South Dakota
Pair of male birds swimming on the edge of the ice	Pair of male birds swimming on the edge of the ice	Group of male Goldeneye swimming at the edge of the ice	Adult male in bright sun, swimming in a heavy current

Common Goldeneye 5	Common Goldeneye 6	Common Goldeneye 7
May 22nd, 2014	May 22nd, 2014	March 26th, 2017
Near Anchorage, Alaska	Near Anchorage, Alaska	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Female profile swimming on water's surface	Profile of a female on calm waters	Profile of a male swimming on rippled water