Subject: [Tweeters] magnusen park and montlake fill
Date: Jan 13 14:03:38 2008
From: kitd - kitd at comcast.net


Mark & Tweeters,
I believe I saw the same duck at UBNA (Fill) last week; I called it a
female Ruddy Duck.

Kit Dieffenbach
kitd at comcast.net
----- Original Message -----
From: mark girling
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 11:50 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] magnusen park and montlake fill


Drove to the Botanical gardens near the montlake fill.Saw 2 bald eagles,4 northern shovelers,flock of widgeon,1 pintail.robins.2 blue winged teal,double crested cormorants,3 great blue herons and in the middle pond I observed on lt's own a duck that looked remarkably like a masked duck.I looked through 3 books and the closest match came from my Sibleys.darkish brown crown,light tan sides with no noticeable secondaries.The head seemed downey to look at.Through the eyes ran a dark line.It sat fairly low in the water.It never upended or dived.Like I said I'm still somewhat of a novice and am well aware that a masked duck would be well out of it's range and is proably some kind of juvinile of another species.If someone with considerable more experience could check it out and let me know I'd be greatfull.All in all a great day.
Mark Girling markgirling at yahoo.com
Woodridge Bellevue.


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