All,



I found a large sea duck accompanied by two immature mergansers in a small pond off Hwy 20W going out to the Port Townsend Ferry.? The duck had a distinctly Eider-like bill with a v-shaped patch of feathers at the base of the bill.? My first thought was a female King Eider.? Problem is the back and side of the bird was a uniformly brownish-gray rather then the more brown description and pictures that I've seen, and it had two white patches on the side of it's head!! ?I took a picture of the bird with my point-and-shoot which isn't real clear, but does show the white on the side of the head.? I tried circling the pond to get a closer look, but it kept swimming back to the center of the pond.



I would like some feedback on this sighting to clarify just what i did see.



CharlieD