(Posted by Alex Lewanski <allewan...@gmail.com> via moumn.org) Yesterday (1/5/15) at 1:30 p.m., I found a female/1st winter-type long-tailed duck associating with a flock of common goldeneye at Spring Lake Park Reserve - Schaars Bluff in Dakota County. The flock was located in a patch of open water on the Mississippi River directly out from the Schaars Bluff Gathering Center. Note: Drew Smith was unsuccessful in finding the bird today (1/6/15). There are multiple patches of open water on this stretch of the river where flocks of common goldeneye and common merganser are located and from my and Drews observations, the birds seem to be quite mobile so it is very possible that the long-tailed duck is still in the area.
A complete list of birds seen and low quality but identifiable pictures of the long-tailed duck can be viewed on my Ebird post linked below. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26739004 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html