Date: 3/31/25 12:34 pm From: Doug Ward via Inland-nw-birders <inland-nw-birders...> Subject: Re: [inland-NW-birders] Eurasian Wigeon-Coeur d'Alene area, ID
Charles,
Thanks for clarifying with the INWBirders crew. I sent David a separate note yesterday saying about the same, but better idea to hit the whole group. Definitely appreciate you keeping the thing running, just wish more folks were posting. The COBirds listserve down in Colorado still gets pretty heavy use (5-10 posts/day off season, 10+ when busy) and remains a great source of information exchange. Like here, eBird has made a dent, but not near as severe - will have to ask Cliff how bad IBLE has been hit (I don't subscribe to that one given mostly southern and eastern Idaho), but think they are still pretty active.
Again, thank you for continuing to host, very much appreciated.
Cheers, Doug
-----Original Message----- From: Inland-nw-birders <inland-nw-birders-bounces...> On Behalf Of Charles Swift via Inland-nw-birders Sent: Monday, March 31, 2025 8:38 AM To: <inland-nw-birders...> Subject: Re: [inland-NW-birders] Eurasian Wigeon-Coeur d'Alene area, ID
Hi Dave and All,
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On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM David McNeely via Inland-nw-birders < <inland-nw-birders...> wrote:
> 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 > _______________________________________________ Inland-nw-birders mailing list send email to: <Inland-nw-birders...> manage subscription: https://mailmanlists.us/mailman/listinfo/inland-nw-birders
