Tromping around Green Lake Saturday I noted only one Eurasian among the many
American Wigeon, obviously a male. Which brought to mind a Christmas count
ages ago with Bill Tweit trying to ID a female Eurasian from amongst a local
flock of Americans. I checked several books last night and couldn't come up
with a "simple" differentiation betwixt female widgeons. General and minor
differences in color shades and head shape (I think) were noted, as was the
color of the auxiliaries. In other words, not real helpful. Any ideas out
there about separating female widgeons??
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Fred Bird
fredbird at halcyon.com
1249 NE 92nd Street Snohomish County Council staff
Seattle, Washington 98115 206-388-3494
206-526-5671