The typical Eurasian Wigeon was present this evening (5:30) at Lee Brown's Waterfowl Management Area west of Port Royal on Regional Rd. 42. It was joined by a second bird which was very similar to one of the hybrid Eurasian x American Wigeon pictured in Sibley (lower bird at bottom of page). The base head colour was a dull buff (not bright as in Sibley; I think the colours of all the birds on this page are too bright) with the usual bright rufous restricted to where an American Wigeon shows green. The crown and forehead were a pale off-white, intermediate between American white and Eurasian cream, both of which swam nearby for comparison. Where the Eurasian was the picture of neatness with its gray sides and back offset by its pale salmon coloured breast, this bird's flanks and back were gray with smudging of brown.
All in all a very interesting bird, well worth looking for. Ron Ridout Bird Studies Canada P.O. Box 160 115 Front St. Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0 Phone: W:519-586-3531 Fax: 519-586-3532 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ron Ridout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
