Hi tweetersand seasprocket,

Concerning the "odd duck at the fill" - bob and I saw one that fits
the description well, in early fall. We wondered.......

Elizabeth Edgerton
Seattle (Denny Blaine)
On Jan 17, 2011, at 12:02 PM, tweeters-
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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:12:32 -0800
From: seasprocket at gmail.com
Subject: [Tweeters] ID unusual duck Sunday at Montlake Fill?
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Did anyone else see the odd duck today at the Lagoon at Montlake
Fill? My
only hypothesis is a domestic mallard (hybrid?) but its features were so
clean and well-proportioned that I am still hoping it might be
something (a
stray?) that I'm unfamiliar with.

Chocolate brown body with buff/white breast, black cap, light brown eye
stripe with white directly behind both eyes. Black and white wing marks.
Grey bill and grey-brown feet.