[SBB] something at steven's creek resevoir...

[Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]>]

I popped by steven's creek resevoir today before heading to work.  
pretty quiet -- four or five double crested cormorants, not much else  
but fishermen.

but I saw, on the far side of the water, something. Not sure what it  
is, and to be honest, even trying to take shots at 600mm and blowing  
them up, I couldn't get a decent shot. But my first reaction through  
the binocs was eider or scoter. The bad photos that I have show a  
light/white body, dark head, long neck, duck-like beak with white  
cheeks and a darkish band across the eyes. it was clearly acting duck- 
like, diving under to feed. It's fairly good sized -- smaller than  
the cormorants, but not by much. seems to ride fairly high in the water.

I'm going to head back later -- I didn't have time to hike around to  
that side of the water, or push for a better shot, and it may well be  
nothing, but it really struck me as unusual, and not something I've  
been seeing around the area.

the best shot I was able to get is here:

http://chuqui.typepad.com/teal_sunglasses/IMG_3616.jpg




-- 
Chuq Von Rospach, Architech
[[email protected]] -- http://chuqui.typepad.com/

He doesn't have ulcers, but he's a carrier.



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