Irish Birding Sighting Record
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| Website : | www.irishbirding.com | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sighting URL : | https://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/169972/Garganey.html | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 Not Specified | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reported By : | Not Specified | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Photographer(s) : | © Killian Mullarney | ||||||||||||||||||
