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-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Williams <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:18:04 To: IA-BIRD<[email protected]> Subject: [ia-bird] female Eurasian wigeon Hi again, Today, April 10, 2PM, at Jensen Marsh, Madison Co., I found a female Eurasian wigeon. I described it to my wife, who has less bird experience than I do but who saw the bird, as "rounder headed than other nearby ducks, with a pale blue too-short bill giving it a juvenile appearance, with a grizzled reddish head." This is a species I saw several times while living in Seattle and even a couple times while living in Massachusetts. This duck was the size of gadwalls nearby, swimming with countless coots, but no other wigeon. A lot of nice waterbirds here. Yesterday, in Union Co., at 7PM, at Thayer Pond Park, we saw an osprey perched in an oak above the south shore of this big pond. This followed quickly by our seeing two Eurasian collared doves in the village of Afton, in Union Co. All the best, Andrew Williams --- Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! --- Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/membership.asp. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
