Apologies, I meant Gadwall, not Wigeon.

On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 6:22 PM Blythe Horman <blythe.horman at gmail.com>
wrote:


> Hi Tweeters,

>

> Lots of feeding activity going on in the pond right now. New visitors:

> -There are now 3 instead of 1 female (or nonbreeding male) American

> Shovelers feeding in synchronized parallel transects.

> -There are 7 pairs of Ring-necked Ducks, rather than four! All were

> actively feeding and now engaging in courtship behavior.

> -There is one lone coot.

> -There are numerous female robins.

>

> Numbers of Canada Geese and Mallards are greatly reduced, to about 8 geese

> and 3 mallards.

>

> Also seen:

> American Widgeon, 2 male and female pairs

> Bufflehead, male and female pair.

> Gull, sp? They looked like a herring gulls to me, but perhaps larger.

> Juvenile gull, sp? I'm hopeless when it comes to juvenile gulls.

>

> Happy birding,

> Blythe Horman, Lynnwood

>

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