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

[Mike Rogers <[[email protected]]>]

Well, a mostly white duck with black in the face, a slight crest, and a 
black line at the side of the chest has to be a Smew, right?

It took me all of 15 minutes to get to Stevens Creek Reservoir, but once 
there I could only find a first-summer COMMON LOON besides the Mallards 
and cormorants. I'm still not sure I can make that picture into a loon 
though...

Sigh,
Mike Rogers


Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
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