?I should say I was lucky, finally I got to see the Tufted duck in few glimpses
before it every time dived to eat something! Initially, I scanned the flocks
but no luck. Joe Wing was standing nearby so I went to ask him if he had seen
it recently. Then both of us almost simultaneously saw the bird dive in again.
It was very active and stayed above the water for a brief period.
As we were packing up and heading back, a new comer to the basin showed up and
was interested in seeing the duck, but was without a scope and it would have
been impossible to see without one. I have some plans for visiting Syracuse so
I could not wait any longer, but Joe kindly offered to stay back and use his
scope to relocate the bird. Thanks Joe for being helpful and I hope you could
relocate the bird! I know when I was without a scope how hard it was to find
the birds while others with scope could see three different scoters together in
one scope view.
Cheers
Meena
Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
42.429007,-76.47111
http://www.haribal.org/
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From: bounce-118734783-3493...@list.cornell.edu
bounce-118734783-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Dave Nutter
nutter.d...@me.com
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 10:08 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck continues near Allan H Treman State Marine
Park
Having missed the Tufted Duck yesterday around sunset, unaware that nearby
birders out of my view were watching it, I was back at dawn and soon refound
the TUFTED DUCK in the flock of REDHEADS and LESSER SCAUP along the lakeshore
of Treman, often close to the ice edge, sometimes out toward the piling cluster
or the red lighthouse. It favors the Lesser Scaup. It was still there when I
left about 9am.
--Dave Nutter
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