Redhead Images, Facts and Information:
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- Redheads are medium sized diving ducks with rounded heads. Males have cinnamon colored heads, orange eyes, tricolored bills, black breasts and tails and gray bodies. Females and immature Redheads are mostly brown with dark eyes.
- Redheads are migratory.
- Redheads breed near potholes, small lakes, ponds, marshes and wetlands. During the winter they can be found in huge rafts in the Gulf of Mexico, they can also be found in large flocks in the southern tier of the U.S. in lakes, bays, rivers and reservoirs. They also winter in Mexico, the Caribbean, and along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
- Redheads eat submerged aquatic plants, algae, tubers, rhizomes, small fish and invertebrates. During the winter they also feed on sea grasses, snails and clams.
- Redheads lay 9 to 14 eggs which hatch in 23 to 29 days. The female incubates and they are monogamous. The females are also brood parasites and will lay their eggs in other redhead nests, other duck species nests and have even been observed laying their eggs in a Northern Harrier nest.
- A group of ducks can be called a “raft”, “paddling”, “flush” or “brace” of ducks.
- The oldest known Redhead was more than 20 years old.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Redhead photos.
Resting Redhead drake
Title: Resting Redhead drake
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/15/2023
Redhead drakes fighting over food
Title: Redhead drakes fighting over food
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/21/2023
Redhead drake food fight
Title: Redhead drake food fight
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/21/2023
Redhead drake after taking a drink of water
Title: Redhead drake after taking a drink of water
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/21/2023
Drake Redhead with a bill full of food
Title: Drake Redhead with a bill full of food
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/21/2023
Redhead drakes bill to bill
Title: Redhead drakes bill to bill
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/21/2023
Redhead drake duo on an urban pond
Title: Redhead drake duo on an urban pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/21/2023
Adult Redhead drake swimming in a pond
Title: Adult Redhead drake swimming in a pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/21/2023
Drake Redhead and autumn reflections
Title: Drake Redhead and autumn reflections
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/21/2023
Two Redhead drakes in fall
Title: Two Redhead drakes in fall
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/21/2023
Fall Redhead drakes swimming together
Title: Fall Redhead drakes swimming together
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/21/2023
Redhead drake stinkeye
Title: Redhead drake stinkeye
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/7/2023
Urban Redhead drake portrait
Title: Urban Redhead drake portrait
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/7/2023
Drake Redhead in a dive
Title: Drake Redhead in a dive
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/5/2023
Drake Redhead tipping his bill
Title: Drake Redhead tipping his bill
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/22/2022
Redhead drake shaking a foot
Title: Redhead drake shaking a foot
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/22/2022
Drake Redhead stretching
Title: Drake Redhead stretching
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/22/2022
Drake Redhead entangled in fishing line with a bobber at his throat
Title: Drake Redhead entangled in fishing line with a bobber at his throat
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/20/2021 […]
Redhead drakes in winter
Title: Redhead drakes in winter
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/14/2021
Redhead drakes and hens gathering on a pond
Title: Redhead drakes and hens gathering on a pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/15/2020