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From what I have been able to gather, it is a Muscovy Duck x Mallard
(hybrid). I took a good photo of it the other day in this checklist:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S74756394
Carl Haynie
Sammamish, WA
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:35 PM Hilary Barnes <
habarnes at earthlink.net>
wrote:
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If you are out and about in this area, I'd appreciate any feedback on this
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"odd duck."
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Sally Lawrence and I were out "social birding" from 8-12:30 this am at
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Lake Sammamish State Park, and had a solo mystery bird sitting on top of
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the far buoy line at Sunset Beach. It was a very duck, with a "Burnt
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Sienna" body and dark brown back, with a dull blue wing patch. Maybe a
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lonely Cinnamon Teal?
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It was also my impression that this seemed to be a large duck, but that
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may be due to it resting on the buoy line, and not in the water. But it's
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even more unlikely to be an American Black Duck.
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I checked ebird for this location, but can't find a good match among the
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observations. No camera this time, and bird too distant for decent
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cellphone image. Drat!
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Hilary Barnes
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habarnes at earthlink.net
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206-331-6058 cell
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