I spent a few hours in light rain this afternoon searching for the
previously-reported Eurasian Wigeon at Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area.  I
couldn't find it from the viewing platform, though there were many American
Wigeon to search through in the distance.  After a birding group containing
Jim McCormac came and left, I tried another angle.  I found a pull-off
(actually a couple) on route 95, from which it took only about 10 minutes to
find the drake EURASIAN WIGEON.  I got a very poor but identifiable pic of
the bird next to an American Wigeon.

I went looking for the group of birders (I had heard them say something
about Wilderness Road), but couldn't find them.  In the process, I did find
2 SNOW GEESE along Wilderness Road though.

There are LOTS of waterfowl in and around the Funk Bottoms area, and I could
see it being very shorebirdy in the next month or so.

Good birding,

John

--
John Kuenzli
Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
The Ohio State University
300 Aronoff Laboratory
318 W. 12th Ave.
Columbus, OH  43210

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