[obol] Re: ID of waterbird in Nehalem?
- From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hobbsmorey@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:42:06 -0700
It is a very young Hooded Merganser. The species has nested somewhere not too
far away in the past (at least once), but any coastal nesting is very
interesting. The species seems to have increased as a nester in Oregon as Wood
Duck nesting boxes have increased. Good find.
Jeff Gilligan
On Jun 30, 2014, at 9:36 AM, Sandi Morey <hobbsmorey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello OBOLers,
> Saturday David and I visited the Nehalem Wastewater Treatment Ponds during a
> break in the weather; we found lots of female Mallards with their teenagers
> in tow, and there was one single bird all alone, didn't look like a Mallard
> but we were too far away to get a good look. However, we did get a distant
> photo, and now that we've seen it closer up we're trying to figure it out.
> Any ideas? To me it looks like it might be a Red-Necked Grebe, a young one or
> female, although it's not the typical time for them to be here. Body shape,
> color, bill shape are what I'm using for that possible ID.
> I hope this link works, I'm still using Windows XP and having a few issues.
> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/morey_shots/14563907173/";
> title="Nehalem water bird cropped-1 by hobbsmorey, on Flickr"><img
> src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5503/14563907173_f4eae895b1.jpg";
> width="500" height="400" alt="Nehalem water bird cropped-1"></a>
> Thanks, Sandi Morey, NE Portland typically
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