Hi Rolan,

The lack of discussion probably relates to so many negative reports about the bird. I was under the impression the bird has been seen only twice, but obviously that is wrong. I never went to look for it this last weekend because the only thing I read on Tweeters was that people dipped on it.

Kathy


--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Rolan Nelson <rnbuffle at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Rolan Nelson <rnbuffle at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Magneson Garganey
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Cc: "John English" <english at ups.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 7:23 AM
> Greetings All,
> ?
> By now I had hoped there would be some more discussion
> of the "Garganey" seen this past week at Magneson
> Park.?
> ?
> Several of us got good, long, closeup looks at the
> bird on Sunday afternoon while it was feeding on shoreline
> vegetation with 4 Green-winged Teal.? This bird's
> undertail coverts were noticably different from the others,
> streaked rather than largely white. It did not seem
> noticably larger than the others even at close
> quarters.? The eye markings were all quite similar
> among the five birds, including a light loral spot just
> behind the bill.? The bird was unwilling to stretch out
> a wing to give us a good look at the speculum pattern, much
> to everyone's chagrin.?
> ?
> Gene Hunn's latest posting suggested several
> reasons for leaning toward Garganey and a couple of reasons
> to lean away from same.? Any more thoughts?
> ?
> -Rolan
>
> Rolan Nelson
> Fircrest, WA
> rnbuffle at yahoo.com
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