ZIBBLET 1956 BOLDPOTE (MARECA AMERICANA) FEORS LONG-MERRITT, OAKLAND, ALAMEDA Co., CALIF. 9:55 AM - 1 OF CLOSE TO SNOW SHOWING WHITE "PATE" ALSO BLACK CRISUM # # SHARPLY CONTRASTING WHITE BELLY SHOWING IN FRONT OF CRISUM. PROACO NEW DROWN IN AND AROUND WITH, HEAD PERTING ON UPPER BREAST. BILL WHITISH OR VERY LIGHT BLUISH. NO QUACKING OR QUACKING. WHITE PATCH IN WING & NOTICEABLE WHEN BIRD WAS STANDING ON ROCK IN SHADOW WATER & PREENING. CAME HEARD (SAID BY GROUP LEADER JOHN BURNS TO PROBABLY BELONG THIS SPECIES) WHEE-WAY-OON - (SOMETIMES REPEATED ONCE) LOW & "COMPLAINING". BURNS COMPARED IT TO WEAK CALIF. QUACKS CAN.