Hi Hugh - I believe your bird was reported recently by the one of the DFO field trips and identified as a hybrid BuffleheadxCommon Goldeneye:
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S50481820 Pretty cool looking bird. Good birding, Kathy Mihm Dunning On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 2:29 PM 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds < [email protected]> wrote: > At the Walker Pit just west of Franktown > > Size of Bufflehead with which it associates but stays underwater longer > thanBuffs. > > Very white face especially the cheek, with narrow black ( greenish sheen) > on top of head from bill to black back . Black eye distinctly visible. As > black line goes down back of neck, a small black arrow shaped point juts > into white of neck. > White chin, chest and belly, black back. White sides and chest white like > Buff. Orange legs. > Beak small, somewhat spatulate. Black. Maybe some black feathers en > circling base. > > No camera. > hHugh and Urling kingery > > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail > Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/433193472.1025521.1544293970596%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/433193472.1025521.1544293970596%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADLK-OJM4p%2BJDNkjH%3DzQjEF7agOtE87TLr4OC0SVKmUCOYVkMg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
