[EBB Sightings] "Common" Teal at Arrowhead Marsh

[EBB Sightings] "Common" Teal at Arrowhead Marsh

Bruce Mast
Thu Feb 03 06:43:00 PST 2005
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    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
     
    -----Original Message-----
    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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