[Trebeck]

Hi All,

First time poster and glad to be accepted. I live close to Butter Tubs Marsh in Nanaimo so I am very lucky. I would not call myself a birder but I do love them and I use the Merlin app to ID. Except in this case, the app fails me.
One night the doggo was staring out the patio doors and when I look out I saw this strange visitor wandering around the back yard. He was larger than a Mallard, has spots on his chest and walked like a pigeon where the head moves first. I got on my Wyze camera app and took some video but I don't think I can upload mp4s so I uploaded to youtube:



Any ideas of what this little guy is?

Thanks!
Trebeck