How to Use wigeon in a Sentence

wigeon

noun
  • Haugen is seeing more and more Eurasian wigeon, which are rare ducks for most of us.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Bay hunters in Rockport have found limits of redheads and wigeons in the back lakes.
    — Bink Grimes, Houston Chronicle, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Gunner had retrieved a rare limit of mallards, wigeon and teal.
    — Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Let your thoughts take you away and a flock of wigeon whistle by, teal slip beneath your view, pintail fly high overhead.
    — Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2021
  • There are species-specific calls for wood ducks, teal, and others, plus whistles, which can attract wigeon, mallards, pintails, teal, and more.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2020
  • Redheads, wigeons and bluebills continue to make up straps in Port O'Connor and Rockport.
    — Bink Grimes, Houston Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Samples were collected for the wigeon during routine monitoring for the disease.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The park is best known for its wide array of waterfowl ranging from wigeon to gadwall, while raptors like barn owls and peregrine falcons can also be found within its borders.
    — Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • As usual, early hunting will be good along the Oregon Coast estuaries, with a mix of wigeon, teal, pintails and mallards.
    — oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Hunters can find whitetail deer, turkeys, feral pigs, mallards, wood ducks, gadwall, wigeon, teal, canvasback and other migratory bird species.
    — Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • An Eurasian wigeon among an American wigeon flock at Katama and two Common ravens were seen at several localities.
    — Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Coastal hunts obviously offer great sea duck hunting, but there’s also the opportunity to pursue what is perhaps the best wigeon hunting in the country, according to Haugen.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2025

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