[Tweeters] Pigeon Guillemot in Breeding Plumage in Early February?
Stephen Elston
stephen.elston at gmail.com
Sat Feb 4 19:40:44 PST 2023
I was at several saltwater sites along the Eastern shore of Puget Sound
today and saw quite a few PIGus in breeding plumage and a number of others
that were still molding into breeding plumage. Given my experience, I
would not be surprised to see a few at Brown's Point.
On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 7:30 PM Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:
> Shortly after posting I found this report
> <https://racerocks.ca/return-of-the-pigeon-guillemots/> from last
> Thursday, Feb 2, 2023 at Race Rocks, off of Victoria, BC. It includes a
> photo of 8 PIGU titled “Shifting from winter plumage to summer plumage".
> Most are still “variable” and “smudgy”, but a couple are quite “black and
> white”.
>
> So I guess it’s not too early for our “resident” PIGU in the southern
> Puget Sound to be putting on their new suits.
>
> Tom Benedict
> Seahurst, WA
>
> On Feb 4, 2023, at 19:19, Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Today, Feb 4th, 2023, at Brown’s Point Lighthouse I spotted, about 300
> meters offshore, two black seabirds with white wing patches. They had the
> shape, bill and general disposition of a Pigeon Guillemot, so that’s what I
> called them. I’m quite sure these were not White-Winged Scoters. The head
> and bill were not the right shape, and there were no other scoters around.
>
> However, now that I’m home and reviewing my observations, I’m wondering if
> it’s reasonable to have a Pigeon Guillemot in what looked to me like
> breeding plumage in early February? The were definitely not the “variable”
> or “smudgy” plumage of a winter PIGU.
>
> Anyone else seeing Pigeon Guillemots these days? Are they "black and
> white" or “smudgy”?
>
> Tom Benedict
> Seahurst, WA
>
>
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