41 Bufflehead

• A group of Buffleheaded ducks is called a; Brace / Flush / Paddling / Raft / Team.
• Very beautiful small sea duck, although its breeding ground is in the Boreal Forest. 
• Its numbers are on the increase. We hear so much about disappearing forest but the fact is the Boreal Forest in Canada and Alaska has grown 17% since the start of measuring treed areas by satellite.  Increasing wooded area for breeding has accounted for this increase.
• It nests in an abandoned Flicker hole or Pileated Woodpecker hole. They have a clutch of 9 eggs and stay in the nest until they are 50 to55 days of age.
• This is a very popular bird for bird watchers and is found on many coat of arms.
• They are monogamous and will return to the same breeding area year after year.
• They have many predictors from hawks and eagles to pine martin and weasels.