Ralph,
I agree with Zora that it's a Goldeneye. Because the bill appears short &
stout, and appears mostly orange/yellow (not mostly dark), I think it looks
like a Barrow's Goldeneye. I could be convinced otherwise.
Kevin Lucas
Yakima County, WA
*Qui tacet consentire videtur*


On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 8:34 AM Ralph Palmer <palmer.r.violin at gmail.com>
wrote:


> Greetings -

>

> I'm a new member. We moved to Seattle at the end of March, 2021, from

> Brattleboro, VT.

>

> We went to see the Sea Lions in Ballard, and went walking to the marina.

> We saw a duck there that I can't identify. I've uploaded two photos to

> Flickr, at

> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/194894115 at N04/?>,

> and I would appreciate any help with an ID. Possibly a hybrid?

>

> I'm enjoying Seattle, especially the area around Magnuson Park. I'm sort

> of an "intermediate" birder - I'd say interested, but not quite avid.

>

> All the best,

>

> Ralph

>

> --

> Ralph Palmer

> Seattle

> USA

> (he, him, his)

> palmer.r.violin at gmail.com

> _______________________________________________

> Tweeters mailing list

> Tweeters at u.washington.edu

> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters

>