Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula
Tufted Ducks winter in Switzerland. This year beginning of march I was able to watch parts of their courtship display. Now, by the end of march, most of them are gone to breed further north.
The male has a crest or tuft, that gives them their name. The white sides make them easy to identify:
They also have a white belly:
The female is brownish but has also the yellow eye. I took this picture with the chicks in London.
Courting behavior:
This is a hybrid of a Tufted Duck and another species:
Tufted Ducks winter on Swiss lakes, like here in Lucerne:
Dreamfalcon 
[…] Duck Chick Last Wednesday was the firs time I saw a Tufted Duck chick in Switzerland. The seem to breed here more […]