[mou] Harlequin Duck, Barrow's Goldeneye, Prescott, WI

[Bruce Fall]

This morning (Sun. 16 Dec.) about 11:30 a.m. Susan Fall and I found  
an adult male Harlequin Duck in the Mississippi River at Prescott  
WI., specifically out from the public boat launch and parking area  
just N of the marina. We watched it swim from the WI side to the MN  
side near shore (Dakota Co.), and eventually it moved downriver.  
Later, others refound it farther N near the hwy 10 bridge and  
railroad trestle in town (in both WI and Washington Co., MN), where  
it was actively diving.

Later (12:30 p.m.) we found an adult male Barrow's Goldeneye in a  
large (400) flock of Common Goldeneyes, viewed from the overlook at  
Freedom Park E of the marina in Prescott. While we watched (through  
1:15) the BAGO remained in WI water (by less than 150 m), but there  
was another large goldeneye flock seen from this vantage that was in  
MN, and these ducks move around a lot while feeding.


Bruce A. Fall
Minneapolis