Left image (taken from https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/recovery-strategies/harlequin-duck-management-plan/chapter-3.html) is a pair of Harlequin ducks, male and female, swimming away towards a grouping of rocks. The male has white strips, dots and a crest over its head and the female has a single dot near its eye. Right image is a map( from https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/harlequin-duck-eastern-population-2013.html ) of North America denoting the areas where the Harlequin duck spend the breeding season (blue) and wintering season (orange). There are West coast population and East coast population. The Wintering season are coloured along the outer coastlines of Canada. The breeding season has the dusks move inland and more North towards the arctic. Text: Harlequin Duck. More information surrounding the habitats and needs of Harlequin Ducks is required in order to better establish proper conservation and protection policies. Human interference and oil spills, along the coastline habitats are treats to their reduced population. #NSWildifeSpotlight#SpeciesAtRisk #Ducks. Logo: Museum of Natural History a part of the NSM.

#HarlequinDucks stay close to the stormy coastline, diving in shallow waters to find food, like small crabs, shrimps, limpets, mussels, and fish eggs all tucked into the rocky crevices. To learn more, check out: www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/...
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Central image, taken from (https://www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/birds/harlequin-duck.html), is of two adult Harlequin ducks, the male is in the foreground: grey body and head, reddish brown belly, white strips, dots and crest over the head fades to brown and black. The Female is in the background, muted grey and brown over the body with white dots around the eyes and face. Both are sitting on a rocky ledge covered in limpets. Text: Harlequin Duck. Yellow circle: Endangered Species at Risk. Nova Scotia is one area, among many Eastern shorelines, Harlequin ducks chose to stay during the winter. They remain along the rocky Atlantic coastline until Spring when they move north, to fresh water, fast-flowing rivers to breed. #NSWildifeSpotlight#SpeciesAtRisk #Ducks. Logo: Museum of Natural History a part of the NSM.

Male #HarlequinDucks are light grey, lined with white and red-brown feathers, with distinct white spots, and a white crescent over the head contrasted with black and brown strips. Females are a muted brown with a pale belly. www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/...
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Title page: Nova Scotia Wildlife Spotlight. Species at Risk. Five coloured circles from left to right: Yellow is for endangered, orange is for threatened, pink is for vulnerable, violet is for extirpated, navy blue is for extinct. Image of the sky looking through trees from below. A weekly post spotlighting a different species currently at risk in Nova Scotia. #NSWildlifeSpotlight. Logo: Museum of Natural History a part of the NSM.

#HarlequinDucks are ENDANGERED in Nova Scotia. These small sea ducks, nicknamed, Lords & Ladies, migrate to Nova Scotia for the winter. Nova Scotia currently hosts a small population of 250 Harlequin ducks. www.canada.ca/en/environme...

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Harlequin Duck drakes at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park (March 7, 2026)

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Harlequin Ducks at Barnegat Lighthouse SP (December 31, 2025)

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Caught in the Wash

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Two male Harlequin Ducks in breeding plumage, close together, one in front of and to the right of the other, on slightly rippled water, facing me.

I’m having a romance with these Harlequin Ducks. Can’t get enough of these two beauties. ♥️ #ducks #birds #harlequinducks

Lots of color on this blustery winter's day! Hope you were out to see the beauty! #birds #birding #harlequinducks #GBH #kestrel #annashummingbird #PNW #PNWphotography

How about some Harlequin Ducks to brighten up the day? These two were so close, I couldn’t get them in my scope. Video taken freehand with my phone. #birding #waterfowl #ducks #harlequinducks

Harlequin Ducks along Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park.

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Unusually colorful ducks bobbing in choppy ocean surf

Just a couple of clowns floating along rough tides
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A group of Harlequin Ducks prepares to fish off of Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park, Maine.

In this week's issue of Nature Moments, we meet some amazing winter diving ducks. They are incredibly cute, incredibly tough, and an inspiration to us all!

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Two small ducks in a cove with large waves breaking in the background

Two smol #HarlequinDucks nestled in the rock, riding out the violent tide waves

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Thank you linnaeanny for scheduling the trip to #jonesbeach So many lifers #sagethrasher #snowbunting #hornedlarks #harlequinducks #weirdduckseason #birdsinparkinglots #birdphotography #birding #winterbirds #birdwatching

Three male harlequin ducks facing one female. Photo taken by Kevin Keel, Newport, Oregon, November 26, 2023

The harlequin rockstars.

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Would you look at that!

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