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	Wigeon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Wigeon or Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in the northernmost areas of Europe and Asia.
		It is the Old World counterpart of the North American American Wigeon.
		The Wigeon is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grassland or marshes with some taller vegetation, and usually feeds by dabbling for plant food or grazing, which it does very readily.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wigeon (244 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Anatidae - American Wigeon (Anas americana)
		Similar Species: A close relative, the Eurasian Wigeon, is sometimes found as a winter wanderer along the west and east coasts of North American and is typically found in flocks of American Wigeons.
		The head of the male Eurasian Wigeon is red-brown and lacks the green, comma-shaped patch on the head.
		American Wigeons are commonly seen on land grazing on grasses in the same manner as Canada Geese.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/ducks/Aamer.htm (368 words)

	Kanuti NWR - Arctic Animal Adaptation
		American Wigeon is a freshwater dabbler having grayish to brownish plumage, a rather pointed tail, and a rounded head.
		In the air, wigeon are agile birds, flying in compact groups or uneven lines, often in flocks with other ducks.
		Descriptions: American Wigeons are partial to freshwater shallows and marshes and occur along exposed shorelines and lakes.
	www.r7.fws.gov /nwr/kanuti/amwigeon.htm (528 words)

	American Wigeon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The American Wigeon (sometimes spelled Widgeon) or Baldpate (Anas americana) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in the northernmost areas of North America: in Canada in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Alaska, and the Northwest Territories and the Great Lakes.
		It is the New World counterpart of the European Wigeon.
		This dabbling duck is strongly migratory and winters further south than its breeding range as south as in Texas and Louisiana coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Wigeon (274 words)

	All About Birds
		A common and increasingly abundant duck, the American Wigeon breeds in northwestern North America and is found throughout the rest of the continent in migration and in winter.
		The American Wigeon was formerly known as "Baldpate" because the white stripe resembled a bald man's head.
		The American Wigeon is a rare, but regular straggler to Europe where it turns up in flocks of Eurasian Wigeon.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Wigeon_dtl.html (519 words)

	ADW: Anas americana: Information
		The American wigeon has very large winter and breeding ranges that spread north to the tips of Alaska and Canada, and south through Mexico to the northern parts of South America.
		In the winter, the wigeon is found most often in lacustrine and intertidal areas where the emergence of plants material is abundant.
		Wigeons spend most of their time during the day swimming and feeding, and in general are most active on the water.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /accounts/anas/a._americana.html (1262 words)

	American Wigeon
		American Wigeon: Nine to 11 whitish or cream-colored eggs are laid in a down-lined nest of grass, often several hundred yards from water.
		American Wigeon: These wigeons are opportunistic and aggressive feeders, often foraging in open water on materials brought to the surface by diving ducks and coots.
		American Wigeon: Similar to this bird is the Eurasian Wigeon which has a rufous brown head, a creamy buff forehead and crown, and gray sides and back.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/94/_/American_Wigeon.aspx (666 words)

	Boreal Songbird Initiative : The Boreal and Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As one of the most northerly breeders of all the dabbling ducks, the American Wigeon is a common visitor to the boreal forest, with over 40% of its 2002 estimated population found in the northern portion of the boreal forest.
		Breeding Wigeon tend to choose sluggish rivers, marshes and shallow ponds with exposed shorelines and submergent vegetation, adjacent to dry meadows.
		American Wigeon tend to migrate in small flocks with other Wigeons, or in small flocks with gadwalls, mallards, and their unwitting thievery victims, American coots and other diving ducks.
	www.borealbirds.org /birdguide/BD0390_species.html (1133 words)

	American Wigeon
		Male American Wigeons have a white patch from the forehead to the middle of the crown and an iridescent green band from the eye to the back of the head.
		American Wigeon nest farther north than any other dabbling duck with the exception of the northern pintail.
		American Wigeons prefer shallow lakes and marshy sloughs that are surrounded by dry sedge-lined meadows and contain submerged vegetation.
	squawcreekfarm.com /american-wig.html (190 words)

	American Wigeon
		American wigeons live in marshes, grassy areas, shallow lakes and ponds.
		American wigeons are often seen in the company of diving birds such as coots and canvasbacks.
		The wigeons wait at the surface while the other birds dive, and then snatch the food away when the divers reappear.
	www.dmcphoto.com /wigeon.html (162 words)

	American Wigeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the Pacific NW, American Wigeon nest east of the Cascades in appropriate habitat.
		Wigeons are primarily vegetarians; eating pond weeds and grasses in, or at the muddy edge of, ponds.
		Wigeons, with their brownish plumage and blue bills, are not likely to be confused with any other duck.
	thebirdguide.com /sample/amwi.htm (681 words)

	wigeon -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The European wigeon (Anas, or Mareca, penelope) ranges across the Palaearctic and is occasionally found in the Nearctic regions.
		The American wigeon, or baldpate (A. americana), breeds in northwestern North America and winters along the U.S., Mexican, Central American,...
		In North America the densest breeding populations occur in the Dakotas and the prairie provinces of Canada; the coast of Louisiana is a primary wintering...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9076945?tocId=9076945 (488 words)

	Wigeon
		A northern shrike was on the north spit of Coos Bay, and 84 marbled godwits and a Eurasian wigeon were at Coos Bay.
		Mixed straps of gadwalls, wigeon and teal were the norm, along with the occasional spoonbill.
		We settled for an afternoon duck hunt on a cattle pond, scoring a mixed bag of gadwall, wigeon, pintail and mallard.
	conservation.mongabay.com /Wigeon.htm (549 words)

	December 2001 Bird of the Month - American Wigeon
		The American wigeon is a member of the Anatidae family that includes approximately 145 species of ducks, geese and swans.
		The American wigeon is approximately 14 inches long with a wingspan of around 34 inches.
		Wigeons eat aquatic plants, seeds and insects, and feed on the surface of the water with their heads down and tails in the air.
	www.passporttotexas.com /birds/dec01.html (495 words)

	American wigeon mortality associated with turf application of diazinon AG500 -- Kendall et al. 28 (2): 263 -- Journal ...
		American wigeon mortality associated with turf application of diazinon AG500 -- Kendall et al.
		American wigeon mortality associated with turf application of diazinon AG500
		Wigeon that died on the study area (n = 85) showed 44% to 87% depression of AChE (mean = 76%; SD = 7.1%) when compared to control wigeon (n = 3; AChE Activity = 1.86) AChE levels.
	www.jwildlifedis.org /cgi/content/abstract/28/2/263 (316 words)

	INRIN - American wigeon
		American wigeon often feeds on aquatic plants brought to the water's surface by canvasbacks 02,09, as well as other diving ducks and coots 04,05; hence nickname "poacher" 02,09.
		It is very unlikely that wigeons currently nest in Illinois 04,05,09 although they may have in northern Illinois at one time 02.
		Survival and mortality - hunting is a major mortality factor for migrating ducks - in the Mississippi flyway age ratios of harvested wigeons averaged 1.32 (immatures/adults) and sex ratios (male/female) averaged 1.07 For immatures and 2.56 For adults during 1979-1983 12.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /chf/pub/ifwis/birds/american-wigeon.html (1088 words)

	Condition indices for wintering American wigeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We evaluated the ability of condition indices to predict total body fat and protein for hunter-killed American wigeon (Anas americana) wintering on the Southern High Plains of Texas, USA.
		Six hundred and forty-two wigeon were col- lected from 1 October 1988 to 15 March 1989 and processed in the laboratory to deter- mine mean values of carcass components including lipids, ash, and ash-free lean dry mass (protein).
		Total body fat and, to a lesser extent, protein can be estimated reliably for wintering American wigeons using easily obtained measurements of dead birds.
	www.uga.edu /srel/Reprint/2719.htm (204 words)

	American Wigeon description
		The American Wigeon is a freshwater dabbling duck having grayish to brownish plumage, a rather pointed tail and a rounded head.
		An iridescent-green speculum (bright swatch on the leading edges of the wings), a short, bluish bill and dark gray legs are present in all plumages.
		Within the preserve, 1 American Wigeon was detected during the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve Bird Inventory in the Yukon River Valley (YV) ecological unit, June 1999 and 2000.
	www.nps.gov /yuch/Expanded/key_resources/birds/species_descriptions/amwi_description.htm (626 words)

	Originals - American Wigeon
		I wanted to do a "warm" painting and the rich rust and green of the Wigeon lended itself perfectly for this type of lighting.
		he Wigeon, (also spelled "Widgeon") or baldpate, is one of four species of dabbling ducks.
		Baldpates often graze like geese on young grasses, and they are fond of eelgrass, which they will steal from diving ducks such as the canvasback.
	www.primewebdesign.com /murry/wigeon.htm (179 words)

	Florida Nature: Anas americana - American Wigeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Unless otherwise indicated next to the thumbnail images, all photographs were taken by Emily Earp or Josh Hillman and are copyrighted.
		Anas americana - The Wigeon on the left is a female; the one on the right is a male.
		The dark colored bird in the background is Fulica americana (American Coot).
	www.floridanature.org /species.asp?species=Anas_americana (62 words)

	American Wigeon
		The American Wigeon or Baldpate, Anas americana, is a common and widespread duck which breeds in the northernmost areas of North America.
		This dabbling duck is strongly migratory and winters further south than its breeding range.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Baldpate.html (232 words)

	The American Wigeon , BirdCheck.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Europe most often recorded in the British Is and Iceland but has also wandered to Scandinavia, Continental Europe, Spain and the Canary Is and south to the Azores and Morocco.
		This is one of the most frequently recorded American ducks in the Western Palearctic and ringing recoveries have shown that genuine vagrancy does occur.
		Habitat Found in similar habitats to the Eurasian Wigeon but less often on brackish waters and estuaries in winter.
	www.birdcheck.co.uk /main/previewpages/previewpage4.htm (161 words)

	* American Wigeon - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The American Wigeon spends a great deal of time foraging on land, eating young plant shoots and seeds...
		Nicknamed "baldpate" for the male's whitish crown and forehead, this duck is often seen in the company of other diving birds, whose food it snatches...
		The male Eurasian Wigeon in breeding plumage has a salmon-colored breast, pale gray body, and fl undertail coverts...
	www.mimihu.com /bird/american_wigeon.html (183 words)

	eNature.com Nature Guides
		The American Wigeon, or "Baldpate," is a wary bird, taking flight the instant it is disturbed.
		They are often seen on marshy ponds in the company of diving birds such as coots, Redheads, and Canvasbacks.
		Wigeons wait at the surface while the other birds dive, then snatch the food away when the birds reappear.
	www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0390 (143 words)

	BirdForum - Mystery Duck
		I would also ID this as a variant Eurasion wigeon; at least if identified as a hybrid this would not be a first generation hybrid in my opinion but rather a backcross to Eurasion wigeon over some generations (perhaps being 1/8 AW or less).
		A genetical analysis of such birds and of Eurasian and American Wigeon would be interesting here to get this cleared, though probably no one would pay for this...
		I suppose there is some gene flow between these two closely related species, but it´s hard to say if the green head is just a variant within the species or a variant that has come into the gene pool by interbreeding.
	www.birdforum.net /printthread.php?t=12057 (879 words)

	Answers to Mystery Bird Quiz #3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Female American Wigeon (Anas americana) and Eurasian Wigeons (A. penelope) are very similar and to make things worse, exhibit a high degree of variability.
		Probably the best feature for separating landed female wigeons is the degree of contrast between the head and the breast.
		In Eurasian Wigeon, the underwing is pale grayish with darker flight feathers while in American Wigeon these feathers are clear white.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /MystBird.Ans.3B.html (400 words)

	Eurasian vs American Wigeon Identification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Here are some photos of an interesting wigeon from the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge New York on 13-14 October 2001.
		The bird is tentatively identified as a eclipse male Eurasian Wigeon.
		More typical male Eurasian Wigeon photographed on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay on 14 Oct 2001.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /EurWig.html (141 words)

	American Wigeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It's company is not for pleasure, however, the Wigeon waits at the surface for a diving bird to return with an aquatic invertebrate, which the Wigeon then steals.
		Seeds and green plant matter are also on the Wigeon's menu.
		Lower face and neck are gray with spotting.
	www.bird-friends.com /BirdPage.php?name=American+Wigeon (110 words)

	American Wigeon Hen - 2003 - Original Wildfowl Sculpture by Pat Godin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		American Wigeon Hen - 2003 - Original Wildfowl Sculpture by Pat Godin
		Carved as a mate for American Wigeon Drake, this piece is carved and painted in a similar style.
		The warm patterned feathers are painted with exceptional detail on a smooth surface.
	www.godinart.com /gallery/artworkforsale/american-wig-hen.htm (79 words)

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