Barrow's Goldeneye

[abe henderson]

Hey,

Just wondering how common Barrow's Goldeneye are in E Washington.  I've never seen one before, but just a couple days ago we had one fly over our setup and my buddy killed him.  Nice big drake.  Shot him south of Spokane in the middle of wheat country.

Abe

[Intruder]

I think they kinda rare.  Cool lookin duck though..... worth mounting if not too shot up.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Fairly common on the Columbia above Wells and Rocky Reach.

[boneaddict]

Lots of them in the MEthow, especially in winter time.  They will winter there along with Mergansers.  Neat ducks.  Doublelung is right, there are quie a few on the columbia right now.  Just look at the hordes of coots and you will notice some Barrows in there as well.

[KwackWacker]

Yah, I'd say they're pretty common...not as common as the commons GE's though.....as the name implies....there's more on the wetside

[Intruder]

Boy, we don't see em too often around Spokane.  Kinda like hooded mergies.... there around but certainly not in the numbers where you can count on shootin em. 

[abe henderson]

Its a beautiful bird for sure and not shot up at all.  It was bigger than I expected too, it weighed two pounds eight ounces.  He's thinking about getting it mounted.  We definitely didn't expect to shoot one.

Abe

[pjb3]

there are some here

[300rum]

I have seen a few, mostly late in the season after the first of the year in the Yak Valley

[abe henderson]

nice pic!