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smallcoho
03-01-2008, 03:08 PM
January I shoot down this bird,it's amazing looking fowl.after looking for many information ,I think it is a nice hybrid,it is not easy to see,so decided to made it a mount on my wall!

Marc
03-01-2008, 03:11 PM
That my friend is an Eurasian widgeon not a hybrid.

http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/DesJardin/EurasianWigeon%28DD%29.jpg

Chuck
03-01-2008, 04:43 PM
Nice looking bird for sure, but what a weird name. Sounds like another bird
with a not so good reputation in some places.

Schutzen
03-01-2008, 04:55 PM
Yeah the Euro duck we call it!LOL
A few make it over here, pretty rare. I saw a couple in Beacon Hill park in Victoria a few years ago.

smallcoho
03-01-2008, 06:12 PM
That my friend is an Eurasian widgeon not a hybrid.

http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/DesJardin/EurasianWigeon%28DD%29.jpg
thanks for your infomation,I am glad to know it!

Marc
03-01-2008, 07:44 PM
They are a rare bird. Worth getting mounted for sure.

longshot
03-01-2008, 08:06 PM
Beautiful rare bird. I have only seen one before and that was at a pond near my house. Beautiful mount.

Longshot

slyfox
03-01-2008, 08:59 PM
I have got 2 in the last 2 years i am getting one mounted 2.

porcupine
03-01-2008, 09:18 PM
We see them every year at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria. In fact, I saw one yesterday. They migrate our way from western Siberia and are an uncommon visitor to out coast. It's a great birdfor a mount. The females look virtually the same as the female widgeons that we normally shoot. I hope to shoot one one day.
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Marc
03-01-2008, 09:21 PM
We've got a pile of widgeon on this coast compared to the east. I was looking at some this afternoon but no Euro's that I could tell.