It seems that the Tufted Duck was seen today very early in the morning (7:45AM). Have anyone seen the duck later during the day? Thanks for any update,
FP On Dec 21, 2012, at 1:15 PM, Douglas Futuyma <[email protected]> wrote: > The Tufted Duck was in Knutson’s Marina (Huntington) at 7:45 this morning, > quite close to shore, seen from the end of the driveway into the marina. > (This is shortly north of the town parking lot from which it was originally > reported.) Its location is also visible from the street above, but when I > looked for it from there ca. 10 minutes later (after chatting with the quite > friendly owner, who arrived as I was about to leave), I did not see it, nor > the 6 Buffleheads that had also been there. This may conform to a pattern of > departure in the fairly early morning. > > At about 10:15, I saw the Barnacle Goose from Wellwood Avenue, grazing with > Canada Geese on the grounds of St. Charles cemetery. In the interim, I went > to Jones Beach Field 6 in hopes of sea-watching, but visibility was nil at > that time. > > > Douglas Futuyma > Stony Brook, NY > [email protected] > [email protected] > -- > 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/ --
