Any sightings of the Tufted Duck today? Thanks for any update. Felipe
On Dec 18, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Arie Gilbert <[email protected]> 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/[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/ >> >> -- >> >> >> > > -- > 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! > -- -- 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/ --
