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Habitat
Buffleheads are migratory, and spend the winter in inland waters or protected coastal waters such as shallow bays, sheltered coves, harbors, coastal lagoons, and estuaries, and breed in wooded lakes and ponds in northern taiga habitats. They nest in cavities of aspens or poplars close to small lakes or permanent freshwater ponds and marshes, and have been known to nest in priaries when trees and water are nearby. Their small size allows Buffleheads to use the nesting cavities left by Northern Flickers, and their habitats coincide.
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Buffleheads are migratory, and spend the winter in inland waters or protected coastal waters such as shallow bays, sheltered coves, harbors, coastal lagoons, and estuaries, and breed in wooded lakes and ponds in northern taiga habitats. They nest in cavities of aspens or poplars close to small lakes or permanent freshwater ponds and marshes, and have been known to nest in priaries when trees and water are nearby. Their small size allows Buffleheads to use the nesting cavities left by Northern Flickers, and their habitats coincide.
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