Flat Tops...waterfowl identification help?

[Evon Holladay]

We were hiking above Trappers Lake and came across these 4 waterfowl.  Thoughts on what they are?  First thought was a Ruddy in summer but they did not have the Ruddy beak or tail and these have a shoulder white streak and white patch on the rump.

Link to photo 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZxSuXO_tLSE04nxZDVy3ERBKyN7SD8FR?usp=drive_link 

E Holladay

   Arapahoe County

[David Suddjian]

They look like duckling goldeneyes. Barrow's Goldeneye nests there at Trapper's.

David Suddjian

Littleton, CO

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[Hondochica z]

Really! - Noting that the range maps can be 'off' - even Sibleys suggests that Barrow's is 'rarely' found here; certainly not 'nesting'.  The image of a Common Goldeneye duckling in Sibley's looks just like the photo - but they 'apparently' don't nest here either!  Fortunately, birds don't read the range maps

Cool

Kelly Goocher

Teller County

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[Evon Holladay]

And there were no adults around? Would they have left them.

Interesting indeed 

E Holladay

[Charles Hundertmark]

Breeding records for Barrow’s Goldeneye are scarce in Colorado, but do exist. There were a few observations during both the first and second Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas field periods, all in northwestern Colorado, at least one of them in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area. 

Chuck Hundertmark

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