On Wednesday spent some time puzzling over a duck with characteristics
of both Ring-neck Duck and Scaup sp. at the Lakewood Marina (foot of
Genesee Street at Lake Washington Blvd, Seattle). There are four photos
at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7266639 at N05/

Could this be a hybrid?

Somehow, I was drawn to to reread Kipling's "The Beginning of the
Armadillos" when I got home last night:

http://boop.org/jan/justso/armadil.htm

Catherine Alexander
Lakewood Neighborhood
South Seattle