Finding the Eurasian Wigeon can be frustrating no doubt. It’s always a
needle in a haystack on good days and it’s not in sight at all on bad days.
While I haven’t seen the Euro Wigeon myself this year, I’ve read in
various descriptions and reports that it’s been hanging in the first mile
or so of Refuge Road on either side of the road. It’s also usually with
other Wigeon. Generally, even with the latest information (which I’m sure
could be gotten from those who have seen the bird) it still requires a
search.
As for reporting on ebird I think it’s fine to put it on the main Refuge
Road hotspot and just put a few details about location in the description,
I know that’s what I usually do. I agree it’s always nice to have all the
details you can get.
Good luck and hopefully it’ll stay close to Road a while!
Ruben Stoll, Centerville Tennessee
On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 10:29 PM Tommy Edwards <Tommy.Edwards@xxxxxx> wrote:
I am writing to vent my frustration on the latest location descriptions of
the Eurasian wigeon at the duck river unit. After an unsuccessful attempt
this weekend, I have noticed others that have seen the bird and the ping
locations are way off. Meaning one was located in solid standing corn
field and the other was on a road not even open to the public. Latest
reports have the refuge at 45,000 ducks. Chasing misleading information is
waisting birders time. When reporting a bird, if you don’t know how to read
a map put “ approximately “ that way birders are not spending hours at a
location where the bird is not. If you use the hotspot location please
indicate this. (This meaning the whole unit area) Fields are rotated some
by beans others corn and others are left fallow. Certain fields have water
on them some do not. It would be great to have an up to date map of the
area in its flooded winter habitat and fallow fields. Until then , I will
keep searching
Thanks for listening
Tommy Edwards
Spring Hill TN
Sent from my iPhone
