[EBB Sightings] "Common" Teal at Arrowhead Marsh

Jerry,
Tom's right. According to my records, this bird was first reported by Dave
Dillon back on December 24. It was the only Eurasian Green-winged Teal
reported in the Bay Area last month, not counting a couple hybrids. For
comparison purposes, I tallied 20-25 reported Eurasian Wigeons and 50-60
Hooded Mergansers in the Bay Area last month. If Arrowhead Marsh is "in your
backyard", consider yourself blessed.


Bruce Mast
 
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From: sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com
[mailto:sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com] On Behalf Of Tom Condit
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 7:25 PM
To: Slazie at aol.com
Cc: sightings at diabloaudubon.com
Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] "Common" Teal at Arrowhead Marsh

The "Eurasian Green-winged" or "Common" teal is rare around here, but not 
unheard of. I saw one at Arrowhead several years ago, and just last week 
while we were out looking at the Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, another 
birder said that she was going off to look for the "Eurasian 
Green-winged  Teal", so I think that's probably the same one you saw, and 
that others have also seen it.

Tom Condit

At 09:13 PM 2/2/05 -0500, Slazie at aol.com wrote:
>This afternoon (2/2) I spotted a "common" teal at Arrowhead Marsh. It was 
>a male mixed in with several green winged teal. It looked just like the 
>illustration in Sibley. There was no white vertical bar and a bold white 
>stripe was present along the side. The teals were at the end of the pier 
>going into the marsh. Is this a common bird in this area? Also spotted 3 
>rails chasing each other.
>Jerry Bibbey

Tom Condit
tomcondit at igc.org


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