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Eurasian Wigeon:
Tha name "wigeon" is derived from the French word "vigeon" for "a whistling duck". In 1897, the American Ornithologists' Union called the American Wigeon the "Baldpate". In their publiction "The Auk" (Vol.XIV), they wrote: "Baldpate -- Commonly known as Zan-zan, from the noise it makes; also as Widgeon and Whistling Duck."
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Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon ...
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Eurasian Wigeons, female (left) and male (right), Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon.
Overcast, gray, but no rain.
Image taken December 25, 2010.
Canon EOS 40d, 200z.
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Eurasian Wigeons, male, Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon.
Overcast, gray, but no rain.
Image taken December 25, 2010.
Canon EOS 40d, 200z.
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Eurasian Wigeons, male, Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon.
Overcast, gray, but no rain.
Image taken December 25, 2010.
Canon EOS 40d, 200z.
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Eurasian Wigeon, female, with male American Wigeon in foreground, Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon.
Image taken December 5, 2009.
Canon Rebel XSi, 200z w/1.4.
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Eurasian Wigeon, female, Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon.
Image taken December 5, 2009.
Canon Rebel XSi, 200z w/1.4.
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Ridgefield NWR, Washington ...
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Eurasian Wigeon and American Wigeon.
The Eurasian Wigeon has the reddish head, the American Wigeon has the green stripe.
On Rest Lake.
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, River "S" Unit.
Image taken, November 23, 2008.
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Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Eurasian Wigeon images
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