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16-OCT-2011 Michael Tod

Eurasian Wigeon

Benwood Lake; Crittendon Co AR

The back is extensively gray already, and the flanks have a lot of gray coming in. The Wigeon hybrid situation is a tough id challenge. Everything looks good for a bird transitioning to alternate plumage as far as the body plumage goes.

The tiny green area around the eye was never visible to me in the field, though we were obviously fairly distant. But, I had stellar looks at the bird through my Kowa 883, and even at 60x never saw the green. This little spot of green in this area is commonly seen in photos of Eurasian Wigeons in the Old World, so I don't think it is an indicator of hybrid origin, like a green stripe ala American Wigeon is.

Canon PowerShot S95 ,Kowa 883
1/320s f/4.9 at 22.5mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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MPruitt18-Oct-2011 14:43
Nice shots Mike! ~Mitchell