Barrows Goldeneye(Buchephala islandica)similar to the Common Goldeneye but the male has a white crescent patch on his cheek instead of a oval/circular and less white in it's wing than the Common Goldeneye. Their numbers are declining so they are considered scarce.They are found on fresh water lakes/ponds as well as on coastal waters. In winter, Barrow's goldeneyes are often observed in large flocks on lakes, rivers, estuaries, and bays from southern Alaska south along the west coast to central California, locally from southern British Columbia and northern Montana to northern Nevada, Utah, and Colorado and from the Gulf of St. Lawrence south to New York, rarely to South Carolina. The Male is about 18 inches in length,the female 17 inches. Barrow's goldeneyes breed in southeastern Alaska, northern Mackenzie, and northwestern British Columbia south to eastern Washington, southwestern Oregon, and eastern California; the Colorado Rockies; Quebec, Labrador, Greenland, and Iceland. Barrow's goldeneyes nest in wooded or open country usually near a lake or pond surrounded by dense vegetation, usually in a natural tree cavity, abandoned woodpecker hole, nest box, rock cavity or stream bank. They often nest in same area in successive years and females lay an average of 6 to 12 eggs. This Pair was photographed in a bubbling geyser pond in the eastern area of Sylvan Pass Yellowstone National Park,Wyoming.