Harlequin Duck - Stanley Park, BC
During a walk along the seawall at Stanley Park, we noticed that there were 4 Harlequin Ducks feeding in and around the exposed rocks on low tide. They made their way around the point in an among some Barrow's Goldeneye with the same idea. Harlequin ducks spend the winters on the rocky sea coasts and the summers in the fast flowing streams of the mountains. The name Harlequin comes from the costume worn in the Italian comedy by a character known to be a trickster and a lover.