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Vol. 22 No. 3 (1991)

NOTES: FIRST RECORD OF A GARGANEY IN IDAHO

Submitted
September 14, 2025
Published
July 1, 1991

Abstract

At 1147 hrs, on 20 April 1990, at a distance of 50 to 75 m, I observed a male Garganey (Anas querquedula) on the Snake River, approximately 15 km west of Hammett, Idaho, 200 m east of the Flying “H” irrigation pump station. I watched the bird for about 2.5 minutes. The Garganey was feeding within a floating bed of algae along the bank with a male and female Cinnamon Teal (A. cyanoptera). From 1815 to 1833 hrs on 2 May 1990, and again at 0800 on 3 May, I saw the bird at a distance of 20 to 40 m, feeding in a similar fashion with a male and female Cinnamon Teal, now 50 m west of the Flying “H” irrigation pump station on the north side of the river. At approximately 1600 hrs on the same day, D. M. Taylor and N. Cummings observed the male Garganey at this same location displaying the same feeding behavior.

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