>I just saw a waterfowl I am not familiar with and I'm at work so don't have
>my field guide with me. In size and shape, it is somewhere between a cormorant
>and a duck. The top and back of the head are black, the front of the neck and
>chest white, and the rest of the body dull gray-brown. Do any of you recognize
>it off the top of your head?
>
>Thanks
>Judy, in Seattle (Kirkland at the moment)
>judy.johnson at attws.com

There are lots of large domestic Mallards that look just about as you describe.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416