[birding] Odd fem. Eurasian Wigeon, Corvallis 1/21

[Jamie S.]

This bird was still there at 3:40.  I took some photos and will post a link later if any are decent. 
It has been a couple of years since I've seen a female EUWI, so maybe my recollection of how much the head color stands out is faded, making this bird seem brighter than normal.
 
The light colored throat, however, still has me baffled.
 
Jamie
Corvallis

--- On Wed, 1/21/09, Jamie S. <woodpecker97330 at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Jamie S. <woodpecker97330 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [birding] Odd fem. Eurasian Wigeon, Corvallis 1/21
To: "post to list midvalleybirding" <list at midvalleybirding.org>, "obol" <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>, "Mid-valley-nature" <mid-valley-nature at googlegroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 3:12 PM







An interesting female EURASIAN WIGEON is at Stewart Lake (HP) today, Wed 1/21 at noon.  
The head is obviously redder than the accompanying American Wigeons.
In fact, it seems of more of a reddish hue than other females I've seen, more similar to the eclipse male shown in Waterfowl by Madge & Burn. The throat is also noticably light, a mark I haven't seen before.
 
Otherwise, the usual suspects are there:
Canvasback - 19
No. Shoveler - still lots
Am. Wigeon - over 100
Lesser Scaup - 19 or more (in a variety of winter plumages)
Ring-necked Duck - only a handful of females
Green-winged Teal - 1 male
Pied-billed Grebe  - 2
 
2 black-tailed deer were on the east side of the lake.
 
Jamie Simmons
Corvallis

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