[ValleyNature] Barrow's goldeneye at Port Williams

[James W. Wolford]

Thanks, Richard.  Several winters ago I was lucky enough with these  
very flighty goldeneyes to see a lovely hybrid Barrow's X Common  
Goldeneye there in the Port Williams sewage ponds, and it was with  
about 8 other goldeneyes that included both species of males and  
females.  But that record never made it into Nova Scotia Birds  
newsletter for some reason, I believe.

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Richard Stern <sternrichard at gmail.com>
> Date: January 14, 2010 3:35:53 PM AST
> To: NatureNS <naturens at chebucto.ns.ca>, NS-RBA <NS- 
> RBA at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [NatureNS] Barrow's goldeneye at Port Williams
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Hi,
>
>
> There was a male Barrow's at the Pt.Wms sewage pond this afternoon.  
> It was with a F. goldeneye sp. that flew off as I raised the  
> binoculars. Over the last few winters male Barrow's have been  
> consorting with F.Barrow's and F. Common there. We noticed on the  
> Sewer Stroll last Sunday, at Tufts Cove, a male Barrow's was  
> displaying to a female Common.
>
> Richard
> -- 
> #################
> Richard Stern,
> 317 Middle Dyke Rd.
> Port Williams, NS, Canada
> B0P 1T0
>
> sternrichard at gmail.com
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