If it is truly cormorant sized, an immature double-crested is also a
possibility. Ray K

On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> >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
>
>
>

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Ray Korpi "English sparrows and starlings eat the farmer's
Hm: Portland, OR grain and soil his corpse."
Wk: Clark College --An actual quote from an actual student
Vancouver, WA science exam, from a list passed along
rkorpi at clark.edu to me by a colleague.