I too ventured out to see the Eurasian Wigeon this afternoon, which, in tow
with Baxter Naday, the two of us did see with no problem.
We only counted 3 other wigeon there. 2 of these were clearly adult male
alternate American Wigeons.The third bird however was a bit puzzling. Jean Iron
was present and scoping this bird with me, though I don't know if she was able
to get as good photos as she did with the Eurasian. This bird appeared to be in
mostly female American Wigeon plumage but had a fairly well-formed whitish
stripe down the crown. Ron Pittaway thought this could perhaps be an older
female bird that has taken to showing male traits as birds sometimes do with
age.
If anyone else has seen this bird, has theories, has seen previous such birds
or comes across it this next week while searching for the Eurasian Wigeon or
hybrid Tufted x Scaup Duck than please take photos. It was just to far to get
photos for myself.
The bird was in the same flock as the Eurasian Wigeon, which is dominated by
mostly Redhead.
Cheers,
Andrew Keaveney
Cell: 647-383-8894
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