Re: [SBB] Unknown Bird

["Dusty @ IL" <[[email protected]]>]

Hello Kendric & all;

...
>I was at the San Luis Wildlife Area on a viewing platform, and saw 
>a
Can you embellish on that a bit.  I'm a pretty regular visitor 
there, and can't seem to picture where you mean.  I take it you mean 
the forebay area?

> fairly hefty bird fly out of the marsh away from me so that I did 
> not
> see the head, but the rest of the bird was dramatic.
>
> The body was hefty like that of a large duck, but it had a flaired
> tail with a broad white terminal band.
> The back was unusual in that running the whole length of the 
> center
> of the body was a broad coal black band maybe 2-3 inches wide.  On
> either side of this black band were two cream colored bands, maybe
> 1-2 inches wide.  The bands were sharply edged, looking like 
> someone
> had put strips of colored duct tape on the back.
>
> I was so taken by this unusual pattern, and trying to get someone
> else to see it, that I really did not look at the wings.
>
> I have looked at a hundred bird pictures, but find noting to match 
> what I saw.
I've been doing the birdlist for the SLSRA for quite a few years 
now, and nothing you've described is ringing a bell with me.


Regards all,
Dusty 


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