[obol] Re: ID of waterbird in Nehalem?

  • From: "Dennis Vroman" <dpvroman@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>, <hobbsmorey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:51:35 -0700

Jeff and other right on, young Hoodie.

Sometimes Wood Ducks and Hooded Mergansers lay a few of their eggs in each 
others nests and the Woodies and Hoodies hatch out and raise a few of each 
others kids.  Saw a Wood Duck female with a Hoodie duckling or two with theirs 
in the past.

Dennis
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff Gilligan 
  To: hobbsmorey@xxxxxxxxxxx 
  Cc: OBOL 
  Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 9:42 AM
  Subject: [obol] Re: ID of waterbird in Nehalem?


  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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