Also, WW scoters are enormous. I once carried one briefly.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
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On Mar 17, 2016, at 8:26 AM, Beverly Hallberg <mapsout@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:POST: Send your post to obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
HA!! Thanks for the MANY responses to my dead goose query. When I first saw
the bird, I said to my husband - oh look, a White-winged Scoter! So obvious.
And then my nerdy brain couldn't quite understand what the bill was looking
like and the head seemed to round and gentle - so I changed it to a
must-be-a-goose which was of course ridiculous because of the short neck and
the feet.
If I have any excuses, it is that it is dead and birds look strange when
they're dead. AND weirdly, I think I've tried to block out all the horrible
childhood hours I was forced to pluck dead ducks in a freezing backyard shed
- and have thoroughly tried to forget what dead ducks look like.
So I've changed the title on the picture and it wasn't meant to be a joke
Scott - who called it a Steller's Eider - ONLY JOKING!!
Good birding, Beverly
