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Permalink Reply by Gary Lefko on
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Looks like an American Wigeon to me ... especially the head pattern. Thanks, Gary
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U. S. Fish and Wildlife duck identification guide--talk some about "eclipse plumage":
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/duckdist/index.htm
Thanks
Gary
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Permalink Reply by Judith Sanborn on
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Thanks for the great link.
What throws me about this mystery bird is the amount of white, especially the primaries and coverts. Could this be a wigeon in eclipse plumage with odd coloration?
Thanks, Judy.
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