Greetings,

Most of North America's Eurasian Wigeon are in migration mode now. A few
individuals are lingering in the wintering area, but the majority are moving
northward.

In the east, there have been relatively few reports over the past few weeks.
However they do seem to be following traditional patterns of moving from the
coast to the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence River.

In the west, Eurasian Wigeon seem to be bottled up in northern Idaho/Montana
and southern Alberta/British Columbia. The maps shown an almost identical
distribution pattern as this time last year. The weekly migration maps are
posted at www.birdinfo.com/EurasianWigeon_MAP.html

The migration route map posted at www.birdinfo.com/EurasianWigeon.html could
use some reality checks. If anyone has ideas about the spring migration
routes, please let me know. I don't have a lot of confidence it what I have
drawn, especially for the east.

For the west, the Mackenzie River/Arctic slope route is very hypothetical.
I just received my copy of "Birds of the Yukon", and there don't seem to be
any Eurasian Wigeon records from the far north.

Other recent updates on the North American Bird Information Web Site include
some additional bird finding info for southwestern British Columbia:
www.birdinfo.com/birdfinding.html

Cheers,

Michael G. Shepard
Victoria BC Canada
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