Hi all,

Sunday morning at the east end of the 60 Acres Park soccer fields in Redmond there was a flock of approximately 600 American Wigeon (with a smattering of Mallards and Gadwalls mixed in) feeding. A check with the scope revealed at least three male Eurasian Wigeon. I was able to shoot some images, with a representative one at the following link:

http://www.tubbsphoto.com/-/tubbsphoto/detail.asp?photoID=3304437&cat=38974


More interesting was a bird that appeared to me to be a probable Eurasian Wigeon x American Wigeon hybrid based on Sibley. Any dabbling duck experts out there who would like to render an opinion? An image of this bird is at:

http://www.tubbsphoto.com/-/tubbsphoto/detail.asp?photoID=3304438&cat=38974


John Tubbs
Snoqualmie, WA
johntubbs at comcast.net
www.tubbsphoto.com