Eurasian Wigeon - 20 Mar 2022
"The quality of a bird is inversely proportional to the quality of the image that captured it."
Here is my proof. Justin Labadie and Bobbie Irwin found a Eurasian Wigeon in the Vermet Unit of Pt. Mouillee SGA in Monroe Co., MI this morning. With additional thanks to Bob Bochenik and Karl Overman I was able to relocate this evening. It wasn't easy. One bird among thousands is tough to locate, but I managed to find it near the tail end of a half-mile raft of Redhead, Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck, and American Wigeon. I could only digiscope it from almost ½-mile away.
I missed out on a Slaty-backed Gull in Cell 4 of the Banana Unit as I only learned about it after I was heading back to the car. At least I had better luck w/ the local waterfowl.
A Lesser Scaup swam out from among the dredging vessels docked at the south end of Cell 4.
Fly-by Lesser and Greater Scaup gave me the opportunity to illustrate the differences in the amount of white in the secondaries (both) and primaries (Greater only).
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| Greater Scaup |
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| Lesser Scaup |
Mar 20, 2022 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
8.0 mile(s)
8 species
Gadwall (Mareca strepera) 400
Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) 1 Justin Labadie and Bobbie Irwin found a Eurasian Wigeon in the Vermet Unit of Pt. Mouillee SGA in Monroe Co., MI this morning. With additional thanks to Bob Bochenik and Karl Overman I was able to relocate this evening. Swimming among thousands of scaup, gadwall, ringnecks. Wigeon with red head and pale forehead patch. Photo.
American Wigeon (Mareca americana) 250
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 200
Redhead (Aythya americana) 350
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) 200
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 200
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 30
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