Barrow's Goldeneye - Region 2

NOTE: Some of the individuals here may be pending review by the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) or be unsubmitted. All review species listed here that have been through the review process are followed by the TBRC number and Texas Photo Record File (TPRF) number whenever possible.

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Observation reviewed from written details

Observation reviewed from written and photographic details

Video by Jim Jones

Barrow's Goldeneye - Palo Pinto Co. - February 23, 2013. One at Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto, from 17 - 24 February 2013, TBRC# 2013-20; TPRF 3101.

Photo by Dan Jones

Barrow's Goldeneye - Palo Pinto Co., February 19, 2013. Same bird as below. One at Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto, from 17 - 24 February 2013, TBRC# 2013-20; TPRF 3101.

Photo by Gilbert Wade

Barrow's Goldeneye - Palo Pinto Co., February 18, 2013. Same bird as below. One at Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto, from 17 - 24 February 2013, TBRC# 2013-20; TPRF 3101.

Photo by Richard Wilde

Barrow's Goldeneye - Palo Pinto Co., February 17, 2013. Documented by others with the following documentation: One at Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto, from 17 - 24 February 2013, TBRC# 2013-20; TPRF 3101.

Photo by Mark Lockwood

Barrow's Goldeneye - Grayson Co., January 9, 2002 (same bird as below). A male and female at Loy Lake, Grayson, from 5 January-22 February 2002, TBRC# 2002-12; TPRF 1981.

Photo by Matt White

Barrow's Goldeneye - Grayson County, early January. 2002. Documented by others with the following TBRC documentation: A male and female at Loy Lake, Grayson, from 5 January-22 February 2002, TBRC# 2002-12; TPRF 1981.

Photo Composite by Martin Reid

Barrow's Goldeneye (F) - Tarrant Co., December 12, 1998. Fort Worth, TAR (TBRC 1999-01; TPRF 1980) .

Photo by Matt White

Barrow's Goldeneye - Greenville, Hunt County, November 6, 1958. One male was shot near Greenville, Hunt on 6 November 1958,TBRC# 1989-202, TPRF #787.

This specimen (now mounted in a private collection) of an adult male Barrow's Goldeneye was shot by a hunter on a small pond near Greenville, in Hunt County, on November 6, 1958, and provided the first Texas record of this species. The male was reportedly accompanied by two females, both of which were apparently shot, but not preserved.