Yes. Tufted Duck in Huntington Harbor seen this AM -8:30-9:30, by MOB. Seen most recently by Knutson West Marine(town park next to marina offered best views). Bird last seen flying north in bay, toward yacht club. Eileen Schwinn Mike Higgiston
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 19, 2012, at 9:50 AM, Felipe Pimentel <fpimen...@verizon.net> wrote: > Any sightings of the Tufted Duck today? Thanks for any update. > > Felipe > > On Dec 18, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Arie Gilbert <ariegilb...@optonline.net> wrote: > > > Today, Bob Hayes and I went to locate the Tufted Duck, arriving 5 min after > > another birder on location said it had been spooked by a returning boat. We > > did see it, but a bit north of its favored location. > > > > We re-located the bird in the company of a second female type bird; the > > distance of which in the scope made the ID a challenge enough for the TUDU; > > I cannot say one way or another with personal certainty if the female was > > another TUDU as had been reported, or a female of a different species, > > fwiw. > > > > The birds were just south of the Huntington Yacht Club. We tried to > > relocate there and get better views but the ducks had again relocated > > before we could secure an adequate vantage point. > > > > see map http://goo.gl/maps/GPExu for locations specified. > > > > Arie Gilbert > > No. Babylon, NY > > > > www.Powerbirder.blogspot.com > > www.qcbirdclub.org > > > > > > > > On 12/18/2012 4:24 PM, david speiser wrote: > >> Lloyd Spitalnik and I looked for the previously reported Tufted Duck in > >> Huntington today from about 12-230pm. > >> We were not able to locate it. > >> If spotted in the AM tomorrow please let the list know, would like to give > >> it another go. > >> > >> Good Birding! > >> > >> David Speiser > >> www.lilibirds.com > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> NYSbirds-L List Info: > >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > >> > >> ARCHIVES: > >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > >> > >> Please submit your observations to eBird: > >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > > Welcome and Basics > > Rules and Information > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > > BirdingOnThe.Net > > Please submit your observations to eBird! > > -- > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __._,_.___ > Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a > New Topic Messages in this topic (1) > RECENT ACTIVITY: New Members 5 > Visit Your Group > ebirdsnyc: bird sightings from the NYC area > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us > Feedback > . > > __,_._,___ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
