[ValleyNature] Barrow's & Common Goldeneyes + Oldsquaw/Long-tailed Duck at Port Wms.

[James W. Wolford]

MAR. 11, 2009 - BIG HIGH TIDE at 1:30 p.m. -- In Port Williams sewage  
ponds (north pond mostly ice-free now) in afternoon, about 25  
MALLARDS,  a gorgeous male OLDSQUAW or LONG-TAILED DUCK in winter  
plumage (seen earlier by Richard Stern)(spent several minutes  
preening and bathing and sitting on piece of ice), and 6 GOLDENEYES:  
2 definite BARROW'S GOLDENEYES (m,f), 1 male COMMON GOLDENEYE, and  
3 ? female ?COMMON GOLDENEYES (2 had orange-tipped beaks and heads  
shaped a bit like Barrow's, 3rd one had totally dark beak and more  
normal-looking head-shape).

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville

Jim (James W.) Wolford
91 Wickwire Ave.
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
B4P 1W3

phone 902-542-9204
e-mail <jimwolford at eastlink.ca>

"In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau
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