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On 17 February 2022, this Eurasian Wigeon fed among some 20 American Wigeon along the dike trail at the Billy Frank Jr National Wildlife Refuge. These ducks are “fairly common winter residents” in western Washington (Wahl et al. 2005). These authors estimate that about one out of every 400 wigeons here are this species. Not known to breed in North America—birds that winter along the West Coast are assumed to have nested in eastern Asia. For unknown reasons, this duck’s population has increased since 1965.
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