Date: 3/17/25 9:42 am From: <eaubrey...> Subject: [ia-bird] American Wigeons - Amana
I added a new life bird to my list this morning, with a couple of American Wigeons at Amana's Lily Pond. Broad white crown, pale bill with a black tip, black tail and white hip patch, dark above the eyes (not green, so maybe not yet in breeding plumage? or just the lighting?), small white patch on wings barely visible.
They were foraging with Gadwalls, Northern Pintails, Green-winged Teals, Lesser Scaups, Ring-necked Ducks, and Buffleheads. A few Trumpeter Swans closer to shore, 1 Snow Goose, and of course Mallards, Canada Geese, and Ring-billed Gulls.
