[wisb] Re: LATE REPORT very probable EURASIAN WIGEON - ASHLAND COUNTY
- From: Ryan Brady <ryanbrady10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 20:11:42 -0600
Here are Tim's two pics of this bird. Opinions and discussion welcome, although
low image quality might preclude us getting too far. Any reason to think this
is something other than an eclipse male Eurasion Wigeon?
http://www.pbase.com/rbrady/image/145197215
http://www.pbase.com/rbrady/image/145197216
Ryan Brady
Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
http://www.pbase.com/rbrady
> Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 10:33:19 -0700
> From: timocky@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wisb] LATE REPORT very probable EURASIAN WIGEON - ASHLAND COUNTY
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Last Saturday morning I was birding Prentice Park on the west edge of
> Ashland. While on the boardwalk at the "duck pond" I noticed a duck a little
> smaller than the usual mallards. I saw the black-tipped blue beak and
> immediately thought WIGEON, although somewhat unusual for this time of year.
> The overall plumage was a reddish brown. I also noted a dark area around the
> eye. I took a couple poor photos and the bird disappeared into the cattails.
> My daughter was getting married in the afternoon and the photos were the
> furhtest thing from my mind. Late Thursday evening, while processing some
> other photos, I remembered the Prentice Park bird and sent the photos to Ryan
> Brady for ID help. Yesterday morning he called me at work and said he was
> pretty sure it was a male EURASIAN WIGEON in eclipse plumage. The photos were
> also reviewed by a couple other knowledgeable birders who came to the same
> conclusion. Ryan searched for the bird
> late in the morning and I looked twice in the early and late evening without
> success. I searched 3 times over the course of 3 hours this morning again
> without success. There is a good amount of hidden open water in the park, so
> I'm not giving up yet, but my hopes that it is still here are dwindling.
>
> Upon checking the early/late arrival dates, I found there are no Wisconsin
> sightings of EUWI from late June until mid-October.
>
> Tim Oksiuta
> Ashland, WI
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