Rich, thanks for posting to NYS-Birds. This is certainly a bird of state-wide interest.
An adult male TUFTED DUCK was seen in Ithaca today (found by Dave Nutter), mixed in with the enormous numbers of Redhead ducks now at the very south end of Cayuga Lake in Tompkins Co. The bird was seen off and on in late afternoon from the northwest-most point of the trails at Alan Tremain State Marine Park, as well as the limited overlook of the lake on Rt 89 that goes up the west side of Cayuga Lake. I personally did not see the tuft, but the position of black and white was diagnostic: pure white sides outlined with a black rear, a black back, and black head-and-neck. It spent some time sleeping, some time diving, and all the time bouncing up and down, in and out of the waves, and always peeking in and out behind Redheads. The Redhead numbers off Ithaca today were impressive. I estimated 25,000 at one point. They were broken into a dozen or so tightly-packed groups, with individuals constantly flying and moving. Mixed in with the Redheads were much smaller numbers of Canvasback, Greater and Lesser scaup, Common Mergansers (more than I’ve seen before, at about 450 or more), and a few individuals of Mallard, Ring-necked Duck, and Ruddy Duck. I’m sure there were more individuals of other species that I failed to find amongst the impressive swarm of Redheads. Finding the Tufted Duck tomorrow is going to be a challenge, as it was difficult to keep track of it in the Redhead flock when we knew more or less where it was. But, the flocks have been here a week or so, and I see no reason that this bird shouldn’t stay around. Kevin Kevin McGowan Ithaca From: bounce-118712703-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-118712703-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Guthrie Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015 5:14 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L Subject: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: [OneidaBirds] Tufted Duck, Hog Hole Forward from Ithaca: (I don't know where the "Hell Hole " is) Rich Guthrie Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: "Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu<mailto:jw...@cornell.edu> [oneidabirds]" <oneidabirds-nore...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:oneidabirds-nore...@yahoogroups.com>> Date: January 17, 2015 at 2:34:52 PM EST To: Cayugabirds-L <cayugabird...@cornell.edu<mailto:cayugabird...@cornell.edu>>, "oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com>" <oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com>> Subject: [OneidaBirds] Tufted Duck, Hog Hole Reply-To: Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu<mailto:jw...@cornell.edu>> Dave Nutter just called to say he has a male TUFTED DUCK in the duck flock off Hog Hole. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu<mailto:jw...@cornell.edu> __._,_.___ ________________________________ Posted by: Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu<mailto:jw...@cornell.edu>> ________________________________ Reply via web post<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/oneidabirds/conversations/messages/13284;_ylc=X3oDMTJybGliNW5nBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAMxMzI4NARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzE0MjE1MjMyOTU-?act=reply&messageNum=13284> • Reply to sender <mailto:jw...@cornell.edu?subject=Re%3A%20Tufted%20Duck%2C%20Hog%20Hole> • Reply to group <mailto:oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Tufted%20Duck%2C%20Hog%20Hole> • Start a New Topic<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/oneidabirds/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdDVpZWJnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzE0MjE1MjMyOTU-> • Messages in this topic<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/oneidabirds/conversations/topics/13284;_ylc=X3oDMTM3ZWpkOTMyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAMxMzI4NARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzE0MjE1MjMyOTUEdHBjSWQDMTMyODQ-> (1) Visit Your Group<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/oneidabirds/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMjliMTRuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE2NTk5NzU0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MjE1MjMyOTU-> [Image removed by sender. 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