Acknowledgments

First and foremost, we are indebted to Mike Zicus (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources), who contributed substantial unpublished data that greatly improved this species account, and to Mike Zicus and Ken Ross (Canadian Wildlife Service [CWS]) for providing excellent critical reviews of the manuscript. Thanks also to Karen Metz who kindly who provided the wonderful illustrations, to Chris Thompson who rewrote the section on Appearance, and to the editorial staff of Birds of North America (Alan Poole, Keith Russell, Kenn Kaufman, and others) for all of their help in the preparation of this account. We also thank the following individuals (representing numerous agencies) for their help in supplying data: Pete Blancher (CWS), Hugh Boyd (CWS), Kathy Dickson (CWS), Sam Droege (Breeding Bird Survey [BBS]), James Dubovsky (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [USFWS), Brett Hoover (National Biological Survey), Lloyd Kiff (Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology [WFVZ]), Richard Knapton (Long Point Bird Observatory [LPBO]), Louise Laurin (CWS), Hélène Levesque (CWS-National Harvest Survey), Don McNicol (CWS), Bruce Peterjohn (BBS), Jerry Serie (USFWS), and John Sauer (BBS and Christmas Bird Count). Anthony Tsumbris assisted greatly with data and literature compilation. Finally, we thank the many field assistants and graduate students who helped with our own field studies of Common Goldeneyes, including David Anstey, Geoff Bain, Brad Boyle, Fred Close, Al Corbould, Mickey Gauthier, Dorothy Hill, Tom Jackson, Tim Karels, Pat Kehoe, James Knowles, Micheline Manseau, Mark McAnally, Chris McCall, Rick Page, Norm Quinn, Bruce Rattray, Judy Robinson, Robert Stitt, Janet and Bruce Wallace, and Russ Walton.