Hi Tweets

Bil writes:

>I was up near Samish Is. birding [12:35pm/Fri] and in a field about
>quarter/mile
>from the entrance to Samish Is. there was a flock of about 250 Am.
>Widgeons and in that flock, there were at least 30-35 Eurasian Widgeons.
>Has anyone else seen that many in flock of Am. Wigeons
>before??

Yep. In a pers. comm, John Ireland, the Reifel Refuge manager, counted at
least 147 males alone (females almost certainly present but not counted) in
a field at or near the Reifel Refuge in Ladner BC (30 km south of Vancouver)
during a freeze one winter in late January. He said there were likely more
but that viewing conditions prvented him from seeing either females or
additional males.

Though John is an exemplary observer, being one of those Brit birders who's
both highly skilled and and painstakingly precise, I don't believe the the
Vancouver (BC) Natural History Society deemed that particular contribution
to be credible at the time. Pity.

Michael Price
Vancouver BC Canada
mprice at mindlink.net