Ruth, this is the bird my niece and I saw last spring on Ruston Way (In
fact, we were looking for it last week.) We didn't know what it was at that
time so we have dubbed it Kirkham's Green Nape.
Rahne Kirkham
Federal Way, Washington
rahne at mindspring.com
"Summoned or not summoned, God is present"
Carl Jung
----- Original Message -----
From: Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 7:18 PM
Subject: HYBRID DUCK on Rusten Way:


> Hello Tweeters,
> For the past threedays i beeing photographing an interesting Duck on
Rustin
> Way.This particular Duck was reported original three years ago on the
> Seattle Hotline as a Smew.I went down Thursday alerted by an other birder
> to check this Duck out.It is the same Duck i saw three years ago on
thesame
> exact area.The Duck is a mix between a Common Goldeneye and a
> Buffelhead.The reason i say Common, i saw the green color head today.In
> body shape this Duck is all Goldeneye.The headcrown is dark green and
start
> gettig black on the neck and down to the back.The black stops at the
> Eye.Basicly the color pattern is as of a grebe,but not the shape of a
> Grebe. This bird dives all the time and never stops since i obseved this
> now for three days.It is a verry flashy bird and it would be verry
> interesting to find more out about the origion. I also notice the eye is
> verry large and looks almost reddish.
>
> Ruth Sullivan
> Tacoma
> godwit at worldnet.att.net
>