Sounds like "Christmas Dove" swimers to me, working their way up to New England before snow fly's. On 11/18/05, Ron Rogers <rcrogers6@kennett.net> wrote: > > I've gone nuts trying to identify two waterfowl who may be a couple. They > do > not fit with local knowledge here in New Bern, NC off the Neuse River. > Here's > what they look like: > > Very small round, black head with black extending down and inch or so on a > slender, supple, 8" neck. The rest of the neck and body are very dark. We > only > see them up close towards dusk when they enter the marina. Their bodies > are a > little smaller than Mallards. Their bills are very small and I have not > determined the color. When they swim, their upper neck forms an "S" curve > and > moves fore and aft in rhythm with their movement. These could be immature, > much larger birds. Their wings are all dark underneath. > > Finally, they have a most curious call - they bark! > > Does anybody want to venture a guess? There are just two of them here. Oh, > and > they swim around out in the creek allot, giving occasional barks to one > another as they travel relatively far apart from one another. > > Thank you, > Ron Rogers > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop

I just Googled a picture to no avail. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hangen" <tunajohn@gmail.com> To: "Ron Rogers" <rcrogers6@kennett.net> Cc: <great-loop@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 2:53 PM Subject: Re: GL: Ducks, Swans, Fowl? | Sounds like "Christmas Dove" swimers to me, working their way up to New | England before snow fly's. | | On 11/18/05, Ron Rogers <rcrogers6@kennett.net> wrote: | > | > I've gone nuts trying to identify two waterfowl who may be a couple. They | > do | > not fit with local knowledge here in New Bern, NC off the Neuse River. | > Here's | > what they look like: | > | > Very small round, black head with black extending down and inch or so on a | > slender, supple, 8" neck. The rest of the neck and body are very dark. We | > only | > see them up close towards dusk when they enter the marina. Their bodies | > are a | > little smaller than Mallards. Their bills are very small and I have not | > determined the color. When they swim, their upper neck forms an "S" curve | > and | > moves fore and aft in rhythm with their movement. These could be immature, | > much larger birds. Their wings are all dark underneath. | > | > Finally, they have a most curious call - they bark! | > | > Does anybody want to venture a guess? There are just two of them here. Oh, | > and | > they swim around out in the creek allot, giving occasional barks to one | > another as they travel relatively far apart from one another. | > | > Thank you, | > Ron Rogers | > _______________________________________________ | > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop | _______________________________________________ | http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop |