Bufflehead
(Butterball)
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Bucephala
Species: albeola
La. anser goose
La. forma form, shape, kind
Gr. anous foolish
La. anas duck
La. –idae appearance, resemblance
Gr. bous ox
iGr. kephale head
Gr. boukephalos bull-headed, large-headed
La. albus white


It has a thick fatty layer, giving it one of its nicknames, “butter ball”, and tolerates cold weather well until ice blocks it from its food forcing it to fly south in small flocks.
Builds a thick cushion of feathers and down often in aspen and poplar tree cavities bored out, used and abandoned by flickers or in decaying tree and stump hollows near ponds and streams.

Above all, please do not attract duck families and leave them vulnerable to predators. Significant reduction in predation has been achieved through proper location, installation and use of cone predator guards.
Bufflehead
(Butterball)

Family: Anatidae
Genus: Bucephala
Species: albeola
La. anser goose
La. forma form, shape, kind
Gr. anous foolish
La. anas duck
La. –idae appearance, resemblance
Gr. bous ox
Gr. kephale head
iGr. boukephalos bull-headed, large-headed
La. albus white

Winters in Alaska, British Columbia, across southern Canada, throughout the U.S. and south to Mexico, and the Caribbean.

It has a thick fatty layer, giving it one of its nicknames, “butter ball”, and tolerates cold weather well until ice blocks it from its food forcing it to fly south in small flocks.
Builds a thick cushion of feathers and down often in aspen and poplar tree cavities bored out, used and abandoned by flickers or in decaying tree and stump hollows near ponds and streams.
The Bufflehead Nest Box has a 7″ by 7″ floor, 16″ inside floor to ceiling, 2 7/8″ diameter entrance hole located 14″ above the floor (to the top of the hole) and ventilation openings in the floor and under the roof.
Please do not attract duck families and leave them vulnerable to predators. Significant reduction in predation has been achieved through proper location, installation and use of cone predator guards.
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