Hi Everyone
Yesterday, February 17,2004 we observed an adult male Common x Barrow's
Goldeneye hybrid in Ottawa along the Rideau River near the Tennis Club. It
was in a small flock of Common Goldeneye and at first glance it look like a
Barrow's. This individual has no black spur, the facial crescent mark was
small and the checked pattern on the sides shows little black. Later on we
saw 2 adult male Barrow's Goldeneye along the Ottawa River at Remic Rapids.
You could clearly see that the bird on the Rideau was intermediate between
these two species.
good birding
Bruce
Bruce Di Labio
400 Donald B. Munro Drive
P.O.Box 538
Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0
(613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell
Di Labio Birding Website
Courses and Field Trips
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
Directions: From Ottawa take 417 east to the Vanier Parkway and exit north.
Follow parkway to Donald Street and turn left (west) and continue to River
Road. Turn left on River Rd. and then right on Olga St. which is a dead end.
Park and walk over to the open area of water along the Rideau River. There
are a small number of Common Goldeneye's and lots of Mallards.
