<div dir="ltr"><div>Ah, thank you! A transitional phase would make sense.</div><div><br></div><div>Louise<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM Patricia Taylor <<a href="mailto:pat.mary.taylor@gmail.com">pat.mary.taylor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">It’s a young male common eider,<div><br></div><div>Keith Taylor</div><div>Victoria BC</div><div><br id="m_8972120805360909771lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 23, 2025, at 8:46 AM, Louise via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Does anyone have thoughts on this weird duck seen from the Reykjavik sea wall? Large duck, dark brown but for a white breast and a white eye stripe. One shot with a common eider for scale. Sometimes on its own, sometimes associating with the eiders.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://eelpi.dreamwidth.org/file/193930.png" target="_blank">https://eelpi.dreamwidth.org/file/193930.png</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://eelpi.dreamwidth.org/file/193626.png" target="_blank">https://eelpi.dreamwidth.org/file/193626.png</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://eelpi.dreamwidth.org/file/193355.png" target="_blank">https://eelpi.dreamwidth.org/file/193355.png</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://eelpi.dreamwidth.org/file/193161.png" target="_blank">https://eelpi.dreamwidth.org/file/193161.png</a></div><div><br></div><div>My first thought was some kind of hybrid? It reminds me of some of the domestic-type mallards in apearance, but I wouldn't expect to find a mallard on the ocean.</div><div><br></div><div>All suggestions gratefully considered!</div><div><br></div><div>Louise Rutter</div><div>Kirkland<br></div></div>
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