From the bluffs at Freedom Park in Prescott, WI, I looked down on a male Barrow's Goldeneye in a large flock of Commons at 4:00 pm, Sunday, Jan 2. The Barrow's was in a large flock of Commons rafting on the WI side of the Mississippi River.
This male was likely the same bird reported by Jim Mattsson from Prescott on Dec. 27. Just as Jim said would happen with the Long-tailed Duck he saw from Freedom Park that same day, eagles eventually riled up the raft of ducks, and the Barrow's (and about 200 Common Goldeneyes) flew in a wide arc over the Minnesota side. Two Glaucous Gulls were also present. Tom Will Ramsey County
