[TN-Bird] Re: Eurasion Wigeon present
- From: Robert Ford <robert_p_ford@xxxxxxx>
- To: <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 07:34:27 -0700
Hey Bill - FYI, 20 plus years ago Eurasian wigeon showed up every couple
of years at Wheeler NWR in north Alabama on Tennessee River. Maybe another
question is "is there a fairly consistent pattern of them showing up on TN
River between Huntsville and Paris every couple of years?" . . . And as
Mike says, if we can find them.
Bob Ford
Haywood County, TN
*From*: Michael Todd [mailto:birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
*Sent*: Saturday, November 30, 2013 09:35 PM
*To*: Tn bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject*: [TN-Bird] Re: Eurasion Wigeon present
Bill,
I didn't see the Savannah bottoms bird, and don't remember if there were
any photos of it. I think the Busseltown and Britton Ford birds are
different though, on plumage. I was a bit distant today, but the bird Terry
and David found looked to be a classic Eurasian, with a solid rufous head;
the Busseltown bird Ruben found had an obvious creamy paler area on the
cheek below the eye, that was visible at a distance. Your scenario does
make sense with the scarcity of this species in the mid-south, but I guess
as with most of these rarities, probably more of them around than we
realize.
Good Birding!!
Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd
*From:* Bill Pulliam <littlezz@xxxxxxxxx>
*To:* Tn bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Saturday, November 30, 2013 4:31 PM
*Subject:* [TN-Bird] Re: Eurasion Wigeon present
This makes three of the last four winters with an adult male Eurasian
Wigeon spotted somewhere along the Tennessee River/Kentucky Lake corridor
between Britton Ford and Savannah Bottoms. Makes one wonder if they have
possibly all been the same bird?
Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
On Nov 30, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Michael Todd wrote:
11/30/2013
Britton Ford, Henry Co
When I arrived about 10 AM, David Kirschke and the Routledges were already
there, with the bird in and out of view with the large group of Wigeon
present. They would walk around the point to the north, then fly out in
mass a hundred yards or so, only to steadily walk back out of view. This
went on several times, before the drake Eurasian finally decided to take a
long nap, on the point buried in amongst the various other ducks. Most of
the this time, it was effectively invisible due to being behind so many
other birds. Ruben Stoll arrived in time to see it, and Bill Lisowski of KY
(finder of the recent Say's Phoebe at Reelfoot), arrived just a couple of
minutes after the whole group flew to the south end of the bay here, which
is largely hidden from view. You have to move around a lot to try to see
into this area, and we hadn't relocated the bird when I left about 11:30.
It is still in the area though. Also 3 Cackling Geese flew by trailing a
group of White-fronts. Otherwise, just the expected birds of the area, with
a few Forster's Terns a nice addition. I didn't check any of the other
areas here, though others were.
I've placed 2 distant shots of the Eurasian Wigeon in a gallery here:
http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/gallery/winter_201314 Hopefully others will
get some better shots of this very sharp bird, showing no signs of
hybridization.
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