[obol] Re: ID of waterbird in Nehalem?

  • From: David Irons <llsdirons@xxxxxxx>
  • To: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>, Sandi Morey <hobbsmorey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:51:04 +0000

I stopped by Nehalem Sewage Ponds a number of times this spring and saw Hooded 
Mergansers on the ponds every time. This young mergansling is definitely 
indicative of nearby nesting.

Dave Irons
Portland, OR 

Subject: [obol] Re: ID of waterbird in Nehalem?
From: jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:42:06 -0700
CC: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: hobbsmorey@xxxxxxxxxxx

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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