[EBB Sightings] Lake Merritt birding Saturday 11.12.05

Sounds like he's back! Last year, a male Goldeneye/Merganser cross spent 
a couple of months hanging with the Goldeneye flock up by the 12th 
Street bridge, and there were reports of an immature cross showing up 
the year before.

If it's the same bird, his daddy was probably the Merganser, as he 
clearly thinks of himself as a Goldeneye, complete to eating shellfish. 
It's good to hear that he's getting enough of them down that weaselly 
fish-eater's beak....

Kristi wrote:

> At Lake Merritt, I saw an interesting bird not in my bird books. It looked
> like a cross between a Goldeneye and a Merganser. May be the same bird that
> was reported last year. It was with the Goldeneye�s near the islands. It has
> an all dark, big round head, a narrow black bill, a very white front with
> two black bars and grey sides. I tried to photograph it but was
> unsuccessful.

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