[TN-Bird] Re: Eurasion Wigeon present
- From: Michael Todd <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tn bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:35:34 -0800 (PST)
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
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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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