[Tweeters] Eurasian Wigeon?, Cedar River Delta

[Odette James via Tweeters]

 At 6:30 pm, scratch Eurasian Wigeon.  The light is much better now, and, in addition, the bird is now diving.  (Diving, so no way it's a wigeon.)  It's with some Ruddy Ducks (and I'm certain about those).  When I first saw it I thought "young goldeneye" (head shape with steep forehead) but then the colors tricked me.  The colors are completely different now - the bird looks completely different in the sun or in shade.  I'm back to goldeneye.
Sorry.  I am a long way away.Odette James
    On Friday, September 20, 2024 at 05:37:38 PM PDT, Odette James <o.b.james at verizon.net> wrote:   

 Possible Eurasian Wigeon or hybrid near Cedar River Delta.  5 pm today, Friday, Sept 20.  With American Wigeon in patch of aquatic vegetation floating to the north of the delta.  Duck with shortish dark bill, dark rufous head with paler forehead stripe, pale pink breast, gray side, white belly, tiny white patch on side, but no white flank patch.  When flapped wings, no white wing patch, just pale edge to secondaries.  But I am a long way away, and the bird is mostly snoozing with its bill tucked in and is only rarely showing its plumage.
Odette James, Lakeshore Retirement Community  
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