Ed Newbold, Delia Scholes and I observed an apparent American Wigeon x Green-winged Teal hybrid at Three Crabs yesterday. The bird was a male swimming with several American Wigeon not far off the beach. It was slightly smaller than the wigeon with smaller and darker bill. Overall pattern similar to wigeon but with uniform tan head (including the crown), pinkish gray breast, gray flanks, pale gray bar separating breast from sides, black pointed tail like wigeon but with much more limited and grayish white in front of the black of the tail. The green of the face was slightly more bluish than on American Wigeon. Speculum not seen.
We were not able to get good photos.

Brian Pendleton
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