[obol] Re: Baikal Teal Sunday afternoon

[David Bailey]

I showed up in the area just after noon and intercepted Schmidt, Lillie, 
and Gilligan. They said that they had seen an *****odd buff-faced 
eclipse-male teal***** that was probably the teal that Patterson saw 
reported and that was not right for a Green-winged Teal. The bird was at 
the edge of the sedges/rushes, but disappeared before video equipment 
could be assembled. It is likely that many teal are still eclipsed 
within the emergent rushes.

So, it looks like THE TEAL is still around. The pools present yesterday 
have drained, but maybe the evening storm will flood the fields again.

I saw some DOWITCHERS and HOODED MERGANSERS while I was out--oh, and two 
West Highland Terriers.

David

David C. Bailey
Seaside, Oregon
baileydc at pdx.edu



Mike Patterson wrote:
> I spent some time surfing the internet for photos.  Apparently,
> most photographers value breeding male Baikal photos over female
> and eclipse pictures... go figure.
>
> Assuming I saw a BAIKAL TEAL, I don't think it was an adult
> female which both Madge and Burn and the few photos I could find
> all show a prominent white bar forward of the dark bar.  The
> bird I saw did not show that.  This leaves eclipse male which 
> does approximately match M and B.  Description and drawings at:
> http://home.pacifier.com/~mpatters/obrc/teal20061111.html
>
> --snip--
>