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IMG_0811-c1 * A male and female Harlequin Duck returned to their wintering spot along Chicago's lakefront in January 2007. * A male and female Harlequin Duck returned to their wintering spot along Chicago's lakefront in January 2007.

IMG_0734-c1 * Harlequin Duck (male) * Harlequin Duck (male)

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IMG_6163-web * 1M and 2F Harlequin Ducks spent most of February 2006 by the lakefront just south of North Avenue Beach, Chicago -- feeding, preening, courting... * 1M and 2F Harlequin Ducks spent most of February 2006 by the lakefront just south of North Avenue Beach, Chicago -- feeding, preening, courting...

IMG_5154-web * Male Harlequin Duck. Whoever bestowed the latin name had a sense of humor -- Histrionicus histrionicus. * Male Harlequin Duck. Whoever bestowed the latin name had a sense of humor -- Histrionicus histrionicus.

IMG_5924-web * Female Harlequin Duck. * Female Harlequin Duck.

IMG_5337-web * Harlequin Ducks (male and female); North Avenue Beach, Chicago. * Harlequin Ducks (male and female); North Avenue Beach, Chicago.

IMG_5332-web * Harlequin Ducks (male and female); North Avenue Beach, Chicago. * Harlequin Ducks (male and female); North Avenue Beach, Chicago.

IMG_5714-web * Harlequin Duck (females) on lakefront ice floe; North Avenue Beach, Chicago. * Harlequin Duck (females) on lakefront ice floe; North Avenue Beach, Chicago.

IMG_5762-web * Harlequin Ducks nibbling the ice floes in the lake for food; North Avenue Beach, Chicago. They seemed to be feeding on the algae and such that they could glean from the ice, and the seawall. * Harlequin Ducks nibbling the ice floes in the lake for food; North Avenue Beach, Chicago. They seemed to be feeding on the algae and such that they could glean from the ice, and the seawall.

IMG_5767-web * Harlequin Ducks nibbling the ice floes in the lake for food; North Avenue Beach, Chicago. * Harlequin Ducks nibbling the ice floes in the lake for food; North Avenue Beach, Chicago.

IMG_5782-web * Harlequin Ducks nibbling the ice floes in the lake for food; North Avenue Beach, Chicago. * Harlequin Ducks nibbling the ice floes in the lake for food; North Avenue Beach, Chicago.

IMG_5826-web * Preening Harlequin Ducks; North Avenue Beach, Chicago. * Preening Harlequin Ducks; North Avenue Beach, Chicago.

IMG_6148-web * Harlequin Ducks admiring the Chicago skyline.
* Harlequin Ducks admiring the Chicago skyline.

IMG_6173_alt-web * Harlequin Ducks (male and female); North Avenue Beach, Chicago. * Harlequin Ducks (male and female); North Avenue Beach, Chicago.

IMG_6064_alt-web * Harlequin Duck courtship display; North Avenue Beach, Chicago. * Harlequin Duck courtship display; North Avenue Beach, Chicago.

IMG_6071-web * Harlequin Ducks getting frisky; North Avenue Beach, Chicago. * Harlequin Ducks getting frisky; North Avenue Beach, Chicago.

IMG_5988-web * Harlequin Ducks diving for food; North Avenue Beach, Chicago. * Harlequin Ducks diving for food; North Avenue Beach, Chicago.

IMG_5989-web * Harlequin Ducks diving for food; North Avenue Beach, Chicago. * Harlequin Ducks diving for food; North Avenue Beach, Chicago.

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IMG_5990-web * Sploosh! * Sploosh!

Harlequin Ducks

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