American Widgeon

On my trip to Albuquerque to visit the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge, we also found a small pond of these cute little American Widgeons.  The male has beautiful green metallic coloring.

They go from puffing up their chests, to looking like a traffic cop.

They make a cute little "squeak-squeak" sound. 

I really loved photographing them, they are such cute little birds.