[EBB Sightings] "Common" Teal at Arrowhead Marsh

During the early 1990s and perhaps earlier, a "Common" or Eurasian 
Green-winged Teal was reported annually on the Oakland Christmas Bird 
Count - and always from the group who counted at the Oakland Airport. I 
don't recall reading about any other sightings of this species in the 
East Bay.

Kay Loughman
Berkeley

Bruce Mast wrote:
> 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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