All, Livia and I checked Myers Point this morning before work. The dabbler concentration there was stunning, especially off the marina. Still no shovelers or Blue-winged Teal, but the rest of the expected dabblers were all in good numbers. Aythya and other divers are down, and no sign of the Tufted. The clear highlight of the morning was a stunning male MALLARD X NORTHERN PINTAIL HYBRID in the private marina. We watched it for a few minutes before it and some of the ducks near it took off towards Ladoga. We looked from there before we had to go and did not refind it, but it could easily be among the hundreds of pintail and thousands of Mallards offshore.
Photo here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymcgowan/16709838357/ And full list with more photos of the hybrid here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22498871 -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
