The Buffleheads Are Back

 Field Study No. 6

But some disappearances are not departures—
just a shift in where we are looking.

Try This

Watch something moving across water.

Notice not only where it goes,
but where it briefly disappears.

Best Experienced

• early morning

• near still water

• light wind across the surface

• quiet shoreline moments

Location

Lake Hopatcong — shoreline

Season

Early Spring

Observed By

Suellen - Charlie

 What We Noticed

Black and white ducks have returned to the lake.

Small in size,
but easy to notice once seen.

They move differently than the others.

Diving beneath the surface,
disappearing completely,
then rising again several feet away.

At times, in the movement of the water,
they seemed to disappear entirely—
not diving, just slipping out of sight between the waves.

Charlie stood at the edge, watching closely.