<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hello Bill,<div><br></div><div>Size matters. Obviously smaller than the Mallards and Gadwalls.</div><div><br></div><div>From Nat Geo field guide.</div><div><br></div><div>Peaked head. Bold white ring near tip of bill.</div><div><br></div><div>Larry<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 24, 2025, at 7:56 AM, William Stafford Noble <wnoble@uw.edu> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Yes, I saw them yesterday as they passed about 10 feet from me, when I was standing on the ramp leading into the water. I didn't think to take their picture, but when I entered the observation in eBird, it indicated that seeing four at once is unusual and that I should add additional information about the sighting. This led me to a question I frequently wonder about: I know that there are accepted "field marks" for each species, but I'm not sure how to find out what they are. Is there a resource somewhere (ideally, an app) that specifically lists the primary field marks per species?</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</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">For weeks and weeks there has been a single Ring-necked hanging out with the Mallards at Lake Sammamish Park. Its become quite tame. This morning there were 3 more.<br>
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