Greetings,

A while back Jessie Barry and I wrote an article on identifying female
wigeon. The link below should take you to the online PDF of the article.
Much of the article was based on observations from Greenlake which is a
fantastic spot to get great looks at wigeon. I hope that it will be
helpful.

http://www.americanbirding.org/pubs/birding/archives/vol37no2p156to164.pdf

The next link is another site with information about female wigeon ID:

http://www.azfo.org/gallery/EUWI_female.html

In my personal experience from the north Puget sound region, if I find a
male I can find a female nearby 1/2-2/3 of the time. To find a female,
locate an adult male, then look at nearby females. If a male is paired, the
female is usually no further than 5 birds away from him. During Xmas day
birding in the Kent Valley I saw 7 male Euro Wiggles as I sometimes
affectionately call them (I didn't just admit that, did I?) and 5 females.

good luck and have fun,

Cameron Cox

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