Thanks to Kathy Mihm-Dunning & Christian Hagenlocher, we understand the identify of the hybrid duck at the Walker Pit. They referred us to several sites that show this bird as a Bufflehead/Common Goldeneye hybrid. Apparently it or one like it showed up at the Walker Pit last fall as well, although we didn't hear about it.
One report, from British Columbia speculated that the Bufflehead and maybe COGO parent stuck with the hybrid. We see both at Walker, and the hybrid, yesterday at least, hung around three Buffleheads. Today, 3 male & 2 female Buffleheads, 10 goldeneyes. We have seen this duck yesterday & today around 10 a.m. but couldn't find it after 11 a.m. either day. Hugh & Urling -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/631110628.1462084.1544399889487%40mail.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
