I was at the Rio pond from about 3:30 - 4:00 this afternoon, and the 
BBWD was extremely cooperative, posing nicely for pictures. There were 
several other birders there at the same time, all ogling the bird. It 
mostly seems to hang out at the north end of the pond, so that's the 
best place to look for it.

A lot of local people feed the waterfowl, despite signs urging them not 
to. In the time I was there I watched at least four different people 
throwing bread, snack mix, popcorn and even cheez doodles to the geese 
and ducks. But I couldn't stop them, of course, so I took advantage of 
it and got some good photos of the BBWD (no digiscoping needed, it was 
only a few feet away!). It's an aggressive little bird, chasing and 
pecking at geese many times its size, flying up to get first dibs on the 
junk food, and generally being quite feisty.

I just got back and there were no posts this afternoon advising that the 
duck was still there, so I wanted to get a message out. I'll post again 
when I get the photos up.

Sherry
Columbia