2020 Beginnings at Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
January 25, 2020 - A pair of American Wigeon flew together for me.... Read more
American Wigeon
 | Yep, I’m yet another duck that visits Florida in the wintertime! Look for my bluish beak with black tip, or for the white crown of my head. In good light my head appears to have a dark green patch. Most Likely Found: At the beach, In a pond, In the marsh When: Winter Where I've photographed: Circle B Bar Reserve, Lake Apopka, Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Read more: American Wigeon at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ebird: American Wigeon eBird range |
I have written 10 posts including a photo of a American Wigeon
Yellow Friday
December 7, 2019 - Among the Blue-winged Teals and the Ring-necked Ducks were a bunch of American Wigeons.... Read more
Sunrise at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
January 12, 2018 - My first bird of the morning was a male American Wigeon.... Read more
Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive Reopens in Time for Christmas!
December 28, 2017 - I spotted American Wigeon, Gadwall, more Ruddies, more Ring-necks, Pied-billed Grebes, and of course, more coots.... Read more
Christmas Bird Count 2017 at the Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands
December 17, 2017 - We found a variety of "good" duck species, like American Wigeon, a few Northern Pintail, and Gadwall.... Read more
I Found My Nemesis Bird: Merlin!
February 10, 2017 - The American Wigeon was a surprise.... Read more
Good Birds, Bad Light at Merritt Island NWR
January 23, 2015 - In a pond just past the restrooms were a couple of American Wigeons.... Read more
Silly Bird, Turn Your Head This Way!!
December 30, 2011 - There were tons of American Wigeons on the water as well, and one swam near a pintail as I photographed him.... Read more
Beautiful Morning at the Circle B Bar Reserve
December 22, 2010 - Roseate Spoonbill I did a duck inventory of the birds on the south side of the Marsh Rabbit Run trail. I saw Coots (of course), Pied-Billed Grebes, Blue-Winged Teals, and this American Wigeon.... American Wigeon Then I turned around and caught this Great Blue Heron with his breakfast in his…... Read more
The Coots have Returned to the Circle B Bar Reserve
October 17, 2010 - I think I've identified them as American Wigeons, a new species for me.... American Wigeons We saw the Bald Eagles several times, flying over the marsh, and posing in trees near their nest site.... Juvenile Bald Eagle Species list: Anhinga, American Coot (First of Season), American Wigeon, Bald Eagle, Black-Bellied…... Read more