Hey all- Waterfowl are more abundant at Old Cedar Avenue lately. Yesterday from the viewing platform I found an apparent Blufflehead X Common Goldeneye. I took really bad digiscoped photos for confirmation. Googling for this cross should provide images that are consistent with the bird at the Refuge if anyone is looking for it. It's about bufflehead sized, much smaller than a goldeneye, white flanks and back black when swimming. However instead of a buffle it has a white cheek patch that extends down through the cheek and connects with the white neck. The nape itself is dark (unlike a bufflehead). Interesting looking bird, and it was hanging out with Bufflehead.
Other than that very quiet for passerines. Lots of L. Scaup, Ring-necked Duck and a handful of other expected species. Jesse Ellis Saint Paul, MN -- Jesse Ellis, Ph. D. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
