(Make sure you also saw Bird Quiz #1 last month!)
Can you identify this bird? The photo was taken in Santa Cruz, California in February. This is exactly how I saw it from shore though my binoculars. The lower photo is cropped and enlarged in hopes of showing more detail. Sorry for the poor quality, but this is what I had to work with. My answer will appear next Monday.
Mountain Plover 
Hmm…..the head looks merganserish to me, but I am not too great on water birds!
It’s not a duck. 😎
I have a guess… not sure if I should say? It reminds me of a bird we saw a bunch of on our Oregon trip…
You can email me if you want to know before Monday… and yes, we did see them in Oregon.