Date: 3/29/25 9:10 pm From: Doug Ward via Inland-nw-birders <inland-nw-birders...> Subject: [inland-NW-birders] Eurasian Wigeon-Coeur d'Alene area, ID
After running the Coeur d'Alene Raptor Run hawk survey this afternoon (Sat., 29 Mar.'25) south of Coeur d'Alene (Kootenai Co., ID, swung into the Cougar Gulch marsh to see what waterfowl had stopped by. Today the highlight was a beautiful drake EURASIAN WIGEON mixed in with some of his cousins. While not overly rare in our area, still rare enough to warrant a post, and a fun one none-the-less. Adding to the rational of posting is the fact this guy is pretty accessible in that he was close to the road (at a pull out no less) and not mixed in with thousands of AMERICAN WIGEONs, just a couple dozen, so no going blind trying and pick out an Eurasian from the masses.
Cougar Gulch marsh lies just west of HW 95 on Cougar Gulch Rd which is a few miles south of Coeur d'Alene. As usual if you have any questions or need better directions, please let me know separately. Good luck if you try.
