Date: 4/12/26 11:05 pm From: Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] off-topic hybrid duck question
It looks good for a HoodieXGoldie via the Macaulay Bird Library
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/653931426 The checklist is available at this link also.
Bob OBrien Portland
On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM John Riegsecker via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> Hi Gary,
>
> There has been a COGO x Bufflehead at Potlatch State Park since 2018:
>
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S132170329 >
> Then in 2024 another one (?) showed up about 17 miles away:
>
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S218487269 >
> Here is an example of a COGO x Hoodie
>
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S6093162 >
> It seems to me you can rule out the Bufflehead.
>
> John Riegsecker
> <jriegsecker...>
>
>
> On 4/12/2026 5:56 PM, Gary Bletsch via Tweeters wrote:
> > Dear Tweeters,
> >
> > Today, 12 April 2026, I found a strange duck. I think it was a
> > Common Goldeneye hybrid. My best guess was COGO X Hooded Merganser,
> > but I think that it might possibly be a COGO X Bufflehead.
> >
> > I put "off-topic" in the subject line, because the bird is not in
> > the PNW; it was in Western New York.
> >
> > Here is the link to the eBird checklist:
> >
> >
> > Checklist S320862904
> >
> >
> > This was at the eBird hotspot called "Chautauqua--WMA Cheney Farm."
> >
> > I'd love to hear any thoughts about the ID of this odd duck. It was
> > with a flock of Common Goldeneyes.
> >
> > Yours truly,
> >
> > Gary Bletsch
> >
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> >
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