[obol] Re: ID of waterbird in Nehalem?

  • From: David Irons <llsdirons@xxxxxxx>
  • To: Sandi Morey <hobbsmorey@xxxxxxxxxxx>, OBOL Oregon Birders Online <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:52:08 +0000

Should have said "could not do" without the bird in the hand. 

Dave Irons


From: llsdirons@xxxxxxx
To: hobbsmorey@xxxxxxxxxxx; obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [obol] ID of waterbird in Nehalem?
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:48:43 +0000




This is a young Hooded Merganser. Note that there is no obvious sexual 
dimorphism in adult Red-necked Grebes, so telling a male from a female is 
something you could do without the bird in the hand.

Dave Irons

From: hobbsmorey@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [obol] ID of waterbird in Nehalem?
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:36:47 -0700




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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