[wisb] Re: FEMALE Barrow's Goldeneye--Picnic Point, Lake Mendota, Dane Co.
- From: "Bob Bucci" <rbucci@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <agstutz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:32:00 -0600
I was at Picnic Point at about 1:00 this afternoon. The Scaup, Ruddy Duck,
Merganser and all but one of the Geese were gone. I also found the female
Goldeneye which I too concluded was a Barrow's. The beak was all
orange-yellow with a dark nail. The body was darker overall and the head
shape was different. All the Goldeneye were diving often but this bird was
easy to distinguish from the other females when it re-appeared.
Bob Bucci
Madison, Dane
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Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 1:58 PM
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Subject: [wisb] FEMALE Barrow's Goldeneye--Picnic Point, Lake Mendota, Dane
Co.
Hi all,
The whole family took a hike out to the tip of Picnic Point today. We did
NOT find the male Barrow's Goldeneye, but I did find a bird that I believe
is a FEMALE Barrow's Goldeneye.
Field Marks Noted:
A female Goldeneye with a bill that was completely orange except for the
nail which was dark brown.
The head structure was different than the neighboring Common Goldeneyes:
Steeper forehead and what Sibley calls a "longer mane" on the back part of
the head. The top of the head was relatively flat--almost parallel with the
water.
The rest of the body was gray with the exception of 2 rectangular white
regions near the bird's rear.
I did not study the structure of the bill, but according to p. 99 of Sibley
it should be a good fieldmark if anyone else goes out to study the bird.
The bird was diving frequently, but should be easy to observe from the very
tip of Picnic Point. I would recommend taking a scope to study the bill
structure.
Other species observed:
Ruddy Duck-1
Thayer's Gull-1 (first basic/pale end of the continuum)
B. Eagle-2
Scaup (many)
Bufflehead-1
C. Goldeneye--about 10
C. Merganser
Canvasback--3 or 4
Canada Geese many
Brown Creeper
lots of Coots
no sign of the Screech Owl
Aaron Stutz
Madison, WI
Dane County
P.S. The starlings in my neighborhood are already imitating E. Wood-Peewees
can spring be far away?
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