Bob,

The picture looks more like an odd-ball domestic mallard x muscovy duck than
a King Eider.

Gene.

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Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:11 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Eider?


> 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.
>
> http://www.birdercentral.com/bothell1.jpg
>
> Bob Schultz
> Woodinville, WA
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