tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36464440273600514632011-09-05T00:26:32.153-07:00Patsy Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181213335237475538noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3646444027360051463.post-36295330178873342312011-07-28T05:23:00.001-07:002011-07-28T05:23:27.725-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The Eurasian Wigeon is a bird of open wetlands, such as wet grassland or marshes with some taller vegetation, and usually feeds by dabbling for plant food or grazing, which it does very readily. It nests on the ground, near water and under cover. It is highly gregarious outside of the breeding season and will form large flocks. They will join with flocks of the American Wigeon in the United States, and they also hybridize with them. This is a noisy species. The male has a clear whistle that sounds like: "pjiew pjiew", whereas the female has a low growl : "rawr".<br />The Eurasian Wigeon is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies. Its conservation status is Least Concern. In China eurasian wigeons are considered at delicacy<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3646444027360051463-3629533017887334231?l=twotwentyoneb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Patsy Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181213335237475538noreply@blogger.com0