[obol] Black-bellied Whistling Duck (date correction)

[Jeff Gilligan]

I should have indicated that the year the bird was photographed was 1998 or
1999.  No wonder it seemed like less than 19 years ago to me.  (This is
actually a good thing...)


On 11/7/07 12:11 PM, "Jeff Gilligan" <jeffgill at teleport.com> wrote:

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> As some may recall, I previously requested photographs of the Black-bellied
> Whistling Ducks that had been seen in Oregon in the past (one in Portland
> and one prior in Josephine County).
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> Very recently I received three photos of the Josephine County bird taken in
> 1988 or 1989 by Jean Van Hulzen at the ranch pond that she and her husband
> own (or owned). The state of the vegetation on the pond's margins and the
> water level indicate that the photo was taken in late summer or very early
> fall.  (Time flies - it hadn't seemed that long ago to me, perhaps because
> the record had occurred to me every year since.)  The species has been
> reported as a vagrant far north of its normal range in recent decades -
> including Canadian records.
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> I am also seeking Red-breasted Goose photos from Oregon.
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> Jeff Gilligan
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