California
American Wigeon
Found througout most of North,
Central and South America.
Sweet Springs
Preserve
Los Osos
14Oct2012
Said Mr. Wigeon to Mr. Pigeon,“Why do you live
in town? There‘s people there, and sir, the air —
The air, my friend, is brown!”Said Mr. Pigeon to
Mr. Wigeon,“From people’s crumbs I grow fat;
The climate of your marsh I find too harsh —I live
in town, and that‘s that!”
(Eliot York)
(John Ciardi)
Mareca americana
 (L 20" WS 32" WT 1.6 lb)
© Michael
Andersen
Macaulay
Library
Mareca in Portuguese
means
small duck.
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
© Wikipedia