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Chen caerulescens. Snow Goose. 



The Snow Goose is a rare winter visitor and spring migrant and 

 records exist from various ponds north of Medford. One bird spent the 

 wiQter of 1959-60 with a flock of domestic geese at Hoover's Lakes. 



Anas platyrhynchos. Mallard. 



Specimen: Ashland, female, May 14, 1971. This duck is a very com- 

 mon to common permanent resident increasing in number during 

 winter and migration. It may be found throughout most of Jackson 

 County. 



Anas strepera. Gadwall. 



The Gadwall is a fairly common regular winter resident and spring 

 migrant throughout the southern portion of the county below 762 m. 

 Earliest, November 22, Game Ponds; latest, March 13, Medford. 



Anas acuta. Pintail. 



The Pintail is a common migrant and winter resident at Hyatt, 

 Howard Prairie, and Gardner reservoirs, Hoover's Lakes, Game 

 Ponds, and at scattered small ponds throughout the Lower Rogue 

 River Valley. This species has been recorded very regularly on the 

 CBCs. 



Anas crecca. Green-winged Teal. 



This species is a common winter resident and migrant and uncom- 

 mon summer resident that possibly breeds at the Game Ponds. 



Anas discors. Blue-winged Teal. 



Specimen: 12.9 km SW Prospect, male, June 20, 1945. This teal 

 is an uncommon spring migrant and occasional summer resident of the 

 Lower Rogue River Valley where shallow water and cattail cover are 

 found. The earliest observation is April 22, Game Ponds, the latest, 

 June 25, Hoover's Lakes. There are several "breeding" records of this 

 teal from ponds north of Medford. As noted by McAllister (1949), 

 these records may be of Anas cyanoptera, the Cinnamon Teal. 



Anas cyanoptera. Cinnamon Teal. 



The Cinnamon Teal is a fairly common migrant and rare winter 

 visitor, most frequently seen on ponds north of Medford. It arrives in 

 February and increases in numbers during March. Pairs have been 

 seen as late as June on the Game Ponds and on Bear Creek near 

 Phoenix. 



Anas penelope. European Wigeon. 



This species is a very rare straggler on the basis of three sight 

 records of males. One was seen by two observers at Willow Springs 

 Reservoir on March 3, 1958; and one each at Ashland on January 8, 

 1962, and on December 25, 1961, by several observers. Gabrielson 

 and Jewett (1940) discuss several sight records and list five winter 

 specimens from Oregon. 



