Wigeons of the World
This meeting between American Wigeons and Eurasian Wigeons, captured by photographer James Kusz, documents an amazing juncture of migrants. The American Wigeon (with green on the sides of the head) comes from breeding grounds in Northwestern Canada and Alaska. The Eurasian Wigeon (rusty red head) probably flew here across the Pacific Ocean from its breeding grounds in Siberia. Yet they found one another.
And they manage to do it with some regularity, as I’ve filmed them this past February (“Finally Wigeons” February 15 2021) and in January three years earlier (“A Wigeon From Far Away” ). Occasionally their togetherness goes beyond companionship and little American/Eurasian hybrids emerge.
The Eurasian wigeon has an amazing winter range, being seen not only in the Scandinavian countries, in Britain, and in Western Europe, but also Central Europe, the Mediterranean, Middle East, North and Northeast Africa, India, China, Taiwan, Japan, and Pacific Islands.
More about the Eurasian Wigeon: Wikipedia Cornell Audubon In Chavez Park
More about the American Wigeon: Wikipedia Cornell Audubon In Chavez Park