[EBB Sightings] Lake Merritt hybrid & shellfish

On Sunday I saw the hybrid swallowing several shellfish (mussels I 
think). Here are a few of the photos I got of it eating/swallowing the 
mussels:

http://hyla.cs.berkeley.edu/hybrid/

Joyce


> I stopped over at 12th street next to Lake Merrit after the Albany 
> class, and got a nice look at Travis Hails� Hooded Merganser x 
> goldeneye.  I watched it trying to deal with some tough-looking mussels 
> or other shellfish that it had brought up, but never saw it swallow 
> any.  It seemed to associate more with the Barrow�s than Common 
> Goldeneyes.  Some of the goldeneyes had started doing their head bobbing 
> courting behavior.
>