Is this the bird mentioned in the posts about the Bothell area King Eider?
There are six of them on the Bothell pond near the drain pipe area where the
pond crosses south under the street near the Residence Inn. Four males and two
females. They all came out of the water and walked up to me for a few minutes
then all went back in. They were eating the tops of the vegetation so they
occasionally jumped up to get a bite at the top of the plants. Sorry, but my
camera ran out of power just as they assembled to get out of the water.

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Bob Schultz
Woodinville, WA