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<a href="../index.html">In --0000000000006fbd67057f89d78f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi, Interesting that these birds frequent the same areas from year to year. Please look at the 2012 photo (3/65), notice the female Barrows Goldeneye, (first bird on left) yellow bill and steep forehead. Maybe the 2019 bird is an offspring! Cheers, George Forsyth On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 16:24, Paul Murray <pwmurray.murray911@gmail.com> wrote: > 2019-01-15 > > There was a Barrow's Goldeneye in a mixed flock of Common Goldeneyes and > Scaup (~29 birds total) at Dartmouth Cove this morning. He appears from > the extent of the dark "spur" on his shoulder to be a full Barrow's as > opposed to the hybrid Barrow's that was in the same location and. > coincidentally, on the same date back in 2012. The 2012 hybrid had a very > much shorter "spur". I posted a couple of pictures from this morning in > my 2019 gallery at the following link - note the titles for date of taking: > > https://scranlocker.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-2019/n-Pfrc5T/ > > I think it is interesting that the dates across 7 years are the same, as > is the mix of ducks he hangs out with. The question would be; could it be > the same bird, seven years older, and with a more "mature" dark spur? > > Paul Murray > Dartmouth > --0000000000006fbd67057f89d78f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div>Interesting that these birds frequent t= he same areas from year to year. Please look at the 2012 photo (3/65), noti= ce the female Barrows Goldeneye, (first bird on left) yellow bill and steep= forehead. Maybe the 2019 bird is an offspring!</div><div><br></div><div>Ch= eers, George Forsyth<br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir= =3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 16:24, Paul Murray <= ;<a href=3D"mailto:pwmurray.murray911@gmail.com">pwmurray.murray911@gmail.c= om</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi= n:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex= "><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_de= fault" style=3D"font-size:small">2019-01-15</div><div class=3D"gmail_defaul= t" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style= =3D"font-size:small">There was a Barrow's Goldeneye in a mixed flock of= Common Goldeneyes and Scaup (~29 birds total) at Dartmouth Cove this morni= ng.=C2=A0 He appears from the extent of the dark "spur" on his sh= oulder to be a full Barrow's as opposed to the hybrid Barrow's that= was in the same location and. coincidentally, on the same date back in 201= 2.=C2=A0 The 2012 hybrid had a very much shorter "spur". =C2=A0 I= posted a couple of pictures from this morning in my 2019 gallery at the fo= llowing link - note the titles for date of taking:</div><div class=3D"gmail= _default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-size:small"><a href=3D"https://scranlocker.smugmug.com/Nature= /Nature-2019/n-Pfrc5T/" target=3D"_blank">https://scranlocker.smugmug.com/N= ature/Nature-2019/n-Pfrc5T/</a></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"= font-size:small"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:= small">I think it is interesting that the dates across 7 years are the same= , as is the mix of ducks he hangs out with.=C2=A0 The question would be;=C2= =A0 could it be the same bird, seven years older, and with a more "mat= ure" dark spur?</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:s= mall"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Paul= Murray</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Dartmou= th</div></div></div></div> </blockquote></div> --0000000000006fbd67057f89d78f--
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