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Common or Barrow's Goldeneye female?

Posted: Nov 27 1:22 am
by mcrosbie
Please help me ID this duck. It was in the pond on the Courtenay Air Park on November 23, 2017. Thanks in advance.

ImageeditedDSC00800 by mcrosbie, on Flickr

Re: Common or Barrow's Goldeneye female?

Posted: Nov 27 5:32 am
by revs
My good friend :wink: David Sibley says this about females in winter -
"From about November to May nearly all females can be identified by bill color: on Common the bill is blackish with a small subterminal pale yellow patch; on Barrow’s the bill is mostly bright orange-yellow."
So from the pic one would assume its a Common Goldeneye.

Re: Common or Barrow's Goldeneye female?

Posted: Nov 28 8:43 pm
by mcrosbie
Thank you. :D