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Forum participants report unusual waterfowl observations during the late winter, 2014

Also Beaver Island Oldsquaw report 2014 · Beaver Island Long-tailed Duck report 2014

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TypeEvent
Dates2014-03-05 – 2014-03-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
Event
Dates
2014-03-05 – 2014-03-08
Kind
Wildlife observation
Eras
Modern era
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wildlifebirdsenvironmentcommunity
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Beaver Island

From March 5 to 8, 2014, forum participants discussed several unusual waterfowl observations during the late winter. A bird first described as a male bufflehead near Paid Een Ogs Road was later provisionally identified by another participant as an Oldsquaw, now commonly called a Long-tailed Duck; the same participant reported another frozen male and said the DNR had been contacted. A separate reply described a live goldeneye in the snow.

The thread is retained as a dated community-observation record. The species identification, cause of death, and any agency response remain unverified in the forum archive.

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  1. The original observer described a male bufflehead near Paid Een Ogs Road west of Lafreniere's. Another participant said the bird was an Oldsquaw (now commonly called Long-tailed Duck), reported a second frozen male in a yard, and said the DNR had been contacted. A separate reply described a live goldeneye observed in snow. These are community observations and a provisional identification, not a DNR-confirmed species or mortality report.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007231

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Beaver Island Archive, “Forum participants report unusual waterfowl observations during the late winter, 2014”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-waterfowl-reports-march-2014/, accessed [date], citing Barb Rahn, Jacquel, ScottS, and forum participants, "Bufflehead in the road," Beaver Island Forum, March 5–8, 2014..

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