I can find no evidence that "widgeon" is a misspelling.  Doing a Google
search produces over 67,000 results under this entry.

Even my 1947 reprint of Roger Tory Peterson's 1934 _Field Guide to the Birds
Eastern Land and Water Birds_ lists it as such, with a cross-reference to
Baldpate. There are also other wonderful cross-references to Burgomaster
(Glaucous Gull), Reed Bird (Bobolink), etc.

So, a bit archaic?  Yes.  Incorrect? No.

Better to see postings of alternative spellings of bird names than postings
of alternative species.

By the way, is the Eurasion Widgeon still being seen in the Killbuck/Funk
area?

Kathy Mock
Barberton

----- Original Message -----
From: "Suzanne Wagner" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 7:41 PM
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Note about Wigeons


>I don't care, really I don't, but
>
> the word Wigeon is spelled just like Pigeon, without a "d"
>
> I truly hope that no one thinks it is obnoxious of me to mention  this.  I
> only do so because I would want to know myself if I were  misspelling a
> bird's
> name.
>
> Please forgive if I have offended anyone.
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