| Sighting Ref : |
IB169972 |
| Sighting Date : |
22 Jun 23 |
| Common Name : |
Garganey |
| Scientific Name : |
Anas querquedula |
| Location : |
Tacumshin |
| County : |
Wexford |
| Number Seen : |
3 |
| Principal Observer(s) : |
Killian Mullarney
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| Reported By : |
Not Specified
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| Comments : |
When first seen, at long range, I assumed the ostensibly female-like bird that kept close company with the more colourful male was a female, and that they were a pair. It wasn't until later, when I saw the birds in flight that I realised all three were in fact males, the most female-like bird already having moulted into full eclipse plumage, but not yet having re-grown its tail feathers. KM.
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Killian Mullarney
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