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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 20:21
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   Can any reader indentify this strange bird spotted by me at St. Ann's Cemetery in Cranston , Rhode Island  ?

[Steve Ruggieri 20 Dec 2020, 21:48 (17 hours ago) to me Hi Ron, I downloaded an interesting FREE bird identifying app and had it conduct a search based on your photo, geographic location, date , etc. Pretty interesting. The app named “Merlin” is provided by Cornell University. It can also identify birds by recorded sounds. So, at first try it tentatively identified your bird as a “King Eider” or a “Wood Duck”. (See 3 attached screenshots) There was another possibility that it could be some rare bird which you’ll see, but I lost the name and wasn’t able to replicate it. But I don’t think it was a “black swan” which would be so fitting for these times. Talk soon, Steve ]