Could it be a female Goldeneye? Don't know about head structure, but bills on females can be all yellow. Brian Monk Paul Woodward wrote: > HELP! > > Saw a duck Sunday January 31 which I could not identify feeding with a small > flock of Buffleheads upstream from Sycamore Landing before the west end of > Maddux Island . It was larger than the buffleheads with a dark,probably > black, body and a yellowish-orange bill. In profile the forehead seemed > sloped and when the sun hit the back of the neck appeared to have reddish > brown areas like the crest of a female Hooded Merganser. I did not have a > scope so I couldn't see any more details. I keep trying to turn it into a > scoter, but it doesn't quite fit. Any ideas? > > I also saw 29 mallards, 31 blacks, male goldeneye, 20 wigeons and > a female scaup between Sycamore Landing and TenFoot Island. > > Paul Woodward