Wigeon

Wigeon whistle cheerfully to each other, and the bright white breasts of shoveler ducks shine even in this weak light as they constantly sift the sediment with their wide beaks.

Country diary: West Sussex 2011

Wigeon whistle like boatmen hurrying to pack away their oars.

A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

Flock/flight profile Wigeon fly in swift, bunched, twisting flocks, like pigeons.

Field Guide: Know Your Waterfowl 2004

Wigeon are the go-to bird here; bring a whistle to mimic their three-note call.

Great American Duck Hunts 2004

Decoy Set Wigeon frequently raft up in large groups far from shore.

Field Guide: Know Your Waterfowl 2004

Decoy Set Wigeon frequently raft up in large groups far from shore.

Field Guide: Know Your Waterfowl 2004

Wigeon, mergansers, white-fronted geese, and ducks I took for spectacled eiders cruised roadside ponds.

The Great Alaskan Cast and Blast 2004

Flock/flight profile Wigeon fly in swift, bunched, twisting flocks, like pigeons.

Field Guide: Know Your Waterfowl 2004

Wigeon are the go-to bird here; bring a whistle to mimic their three-note call.

Great American Duck Hunts 2004

The Eurasian Wigeon, as its name implies, is an Old World species that occurs rather rarely in North America, primarily as a winter resident.

BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching John L. Trapp 2002