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	American Wigeon
		It isn’t surprising wigeon are nicknamed ‘baldpate’ as the males have a white stripe from the forehead to the middle of the top of their head, resembling a receding hairline.
		In breeding season, American wigeon are found from the Bering Sea to the Hudson Bay and from the edge of the tundra south to the southern prairies.
		American wigeon tend towards being vegetarians, but increase their protein intake during breeding season.
	www.deltawaterfowl.org /research/bios/wigeon.php (722 words)

	Wigeon
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	www.tdbco.com /wigeon.htm (188 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, British Columbia, 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 (286 words)

	American Wigeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wigeons are primarily vegetarians; eating pond weeds and grasses in, or at the muddy edge of, ponds.
		Wigeons often accompany coots or Canvasbacks which dive down and pull deeper plants to the surface for all to feed upon.
		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 - 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 (255 words)

	Wigeon, Anas penelope
		The great flights of wigeon arriving in Norfolk are mainly long-distance travellers from a vast area of northern Russia and Siberia.
		Autumn movements of wigeon are in a south-westerly direction along the Baltic and North Sea coasts.
		Wigeon, like white-fronted geese, travel due east in March and April, then head north to the tundra in May. Before departing, communal courtship may be observed.
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/wigeon.htm (547 words)

	Temporal components of genetic variation in migrating and wintering American wigeon
		Wigeon were surveyed electrophoretically for genetic variation at 25 biochemical loci.
		Significant temporal changes in the genetic composition of the wintering population were detected, and a minimum of 7 % of the total genetic variation in these wigeon was thought to be partitioned among the breeding populations represented on the SHP.
		A new influx of migrating wigeon, weather-related movements of wigeon, or spatial subdivision of breeding populations on the SHP may be responsible for shifts observed in the genetic characteristics of the wintering population.
	www.uga.edu /srel/Reprint/1818.htm (205 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.
		Its counterpart is the Eurasian wigeon, distinguished by a rich red-brown head and buffy cap.
		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/jan01.htmlhttp://www.passporttotexas.com/birds/dec01.html (482 words)

	Eurasian Wigeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The male Wigeon’s average body weight is 720 grams with a body length about 19.3 inches and the female’s average weight is 640 grams with a body length about 17.9 inches.
		During the breeding season the male Eurasian Wigeon has breeding plumage that is distinguished by a pale gray back and sides, gray wings with fl tips, a white patch on each wing, fl tail, pink-purple chest, a red head with light yellow crown, and a slightly tinted green patch near each eye.
		In the breeding season, the Wigeon resides in river deltas, rivers, ponds, marshes, coastal bays, and fresh water lakes.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /eurasian_wigeon.htm (573 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Anatidae - Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
		The male American Wigeon has a mottled, light gray head with a metallic green, comma-shaped patch running from the eye to the base of the neck.
		Behavior: Eurasian Wigeons are obviously long-distance migrators because they fairly regularly turn up on the coasts of North America far from their breeding grounds.
		The Eurasian Wigeon is a shy duck and commonly feeds at night.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/ducks/Apenel.htm (319 words)

	NatureWorks - American Wigeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The American wigeon is 18-23 inches in length with a wingspan of 33 inches.
		The American wigeon is also known as the baldpate because of the white crown and forehead on the male.
		The American Wigeon is a dabbling duck, it feeds on plant matter on or just below the surface of the water.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/americanwigeon.htm (340 words)

	MIGRATION CHRONOLOGY OF AMERICAN WIGEON IN WASHINGTON, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA
		Wigeon numbers peak in October and November and then diminish during December and January in Regions 1 and 2, probably reflecting wigeon movements further south.
		Wigeon start migrating from this region of Alaska in late August and by the first of October most are gone.
		Wigeon are common migrants in the Pacific coast states and the Central Valley of California is a major wintering ground for the species (Bellrose 1976).
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/JFO/v064n01/p0096-p0101.html (1953 words)

	Anas penelope
		The drake Wigeon is unmistakable with his rufous head and orange crown although from a distance it may be the white horizontal line on the body and the fl and white rear end that you notice first.
		Wigeon often feed in short grass so that are often seen out of the water when, in all plumages, they show a neat rounded white belly patch.
		In flight, Wigeon are fast fliers with pointed tails and white bellies.The males have an unmissable white patch in the forewing but in females this is duller grey.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Anas_penelope.htm (291 words)

	A PRESUMED WILD HYBRID BALDPATE X EURASIAN WIGEON
		A presumed hybrid Eurasian Wigeon x Teal (Anas crecca) showed a head pattern reminiscent of the Lenkhoran specimen (Harrison, 1962) and a captive mating between A. penelope and a Chiloe Wigeon (A. sibila- trix) produced a hybrid which strikingly resembled the Baldpate (Shore- Bailey, 1918).
		In the central states, the Eurasian Wigeon is reported mostly in the spring or summer (131 out of 165 dated records) suggesting that either some east coast birds may also come from Siberia or that the main spring migration route is up the Mississippi flyway (Hasbrouck, 1944).
		In wigeon, as in all the other well studied ducks of the genus Anas, pairing of experienced adults takes place by March on the wintering grounds and the already paired birds migrate to the breeding grounds.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v087n02/p0353-p0357.html (2562 words)

	All About Birds: American Wigeon
		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 America Wigeon is the dabbling duck most likely to leave water and graze on vegetation in fields.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Wigeon_dtl.html (533 words)

	a_wigeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		American Wigeon breeds from northern Alaska and northern Yukon across most of sub-arctic western Canada to James Bay, south to Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, and the Dakotas; locally east to the Maritimes.
		On the coast, the American Wigeon mostly occurs in sheltered waters; it is seldom found along the exposed outer coast.
		In winter, the American Wigeon is the most numerous dabbling duck along the coast, where it concentrates mainly on estuaries and nearby agricultural areas (Eamer 1985).
	www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca /nh_papers/gracebell/english/a_wigeon.html (864 words)

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