Date: 3/30/25 8:55 am From: David McNeely via Inland-nw-birders <inland-nw-birders...> Subject: Re: [inland-NW-birders] Eurasian Wigeon-Coeur d'Alene area, ID
I have seen one or two Eurasian widgeon each spring for years at Audubon Lake in Lincoln County, WA. The first couple of times I posted it, but stopped bothering because whoever controls what posts get on here stopped my posts. Audubon Lake, as many know, is very easily accessed, and has Washington Department of Fish and Game blinds on the SE and NE shores. Last week there were both drake and hen Eurasian widgeon, one of each, with a flock of about 100 American widgeon.
On Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM Doug Ward via Inland-nw-birders < <inland-nw-birders...> wrote:
> 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. > > > > Good Birding, > > Doug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Inland-nw-birders mailing list > send email to: <Inland-nw-birders...> > manage subscription: > https://mailmanlists.us/mailman/listinfo/inland-nw-birders > _______________________________________________ Inland-nw-birders mailing list send email to: <Inland-nw-birders...> manage subscription: https://mailmanlists.us/mailman/listinfo/inland-nw-birders
