Early this morning I found a pristine adult male Common Goldeneye X Hooded Merganser hybrid among 460 Common Goldeneye at Canal Park in Duluth, and then this evening while birding with Peder Svingen at the same location, he spotted an adult male Common Goldeneye X Barrow's Goldeneye. Individuals of these two hybrid combinations were seen at this location last winter with the wintering goldeneyes, but the two birds found today appear to be different individuals than seen last year. We are hoping to obtain some photos. Although the Common X Barrow's is fairly subtle, the Common Goldeneye X Hooded Merganser is a fancy looking bird and worth a look!
Karl Bardon Duluth, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
