Nick Leone found a Smew this morning at Fishers Landing in Jefferson County NY. Several of us saw the bird later in the morning from Chalk’s Marina in Fishers Landing, a few photos are at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/14186021@N04/25142357369/in/dateposted-public/ The Smew was first seen in the closer section of open water until a Bald Eagle put the ducks up. We refound the bird in the more distant section of open river but it eventually returned to the closer patch of water. None of us has any prior experience with Smew so we should appreciate any info as to why the bird might be hybrid or something else entirely. Provenance, of course, is another issue. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
