Re: [cayugabirds-l] Harlequin duck

[Geo Kloppel]

At one point late this morning the Harlequin Duck moved well south of the 
sailing center and all the associated buoys, into the bay at the SE corner of 
the lake, still associating with Mallards and Bufflehead in shallow water. The 
view from Stewart Park or the RR tracks behind the Ithaca Visitors Center would 
have been quite good at that time.

-Geo


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Harlequin duck

[Jay McGowan]

Since we've been having so much discussion about the East Shore Harlequin,
I thought it was worth mentioning here that it seems to be a *first-year
male* rather than a female. I figured there was a good chance of that
anyway, but some better looks today showed the beginnings of a white
shoulder mark developing, especially on the left side
, less so on the right side
, as well as several bluish-gray
feathers  molting in on the
mantle.

I also saw that it caught quite a few crayfish
 during dives in the shallow
water close to shore, and in previous days it was joining Mallards to pluck
what I assume were zebra mussels off the bottom of a dock.

Jay

On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 1:33 PM Dave Nutter  wrote:

> This morning I joined the Cayuga Bird Club field trip led by Diane Morton
> & Ken Kemphues starting at Stewart Park. Consensus was not to go next to
> the SW corner of the lake due sounds of gunfire and the ducks there being
> mainly plastic. We headed next to East Shore Park, and I arrived first, by
> bike, which I decided to lock up, intending to hitch a ride by car from
> there. Meanwhile the motorized contingent arrived and began setting up
> scopes. As I was joining the group with my scope, Diane said to me that
> there was an unusual duck among the few Mallards to the north. I hope I
> didn’t spoil others’ fun of puzzling out the ID when I blurted out,
> “Harlequin Duck!” I don’t know how many folks other than Diane already knew
> what it was.
>
> The bird was small, generally the color of dark chocolate, sitting low on
> the water, with a short neck, round head, and a small concave bill. The
> wings were all dark when it flapped, and the tail, which was generally held
> below the water, also appeared all dark when the bird dove. The belly was
> gray, but that only showed when the bird “stood up” briefly in the water.
> When it scratched its head, its foot also appeared to be plain dark
> brownish. The only distinctive markings were 3 white patches on each side
> of the face: (1) a very small blurry spot above & in front of the eye, (2)
> a large, well-defined, brighter, rather triangular patch below and in front
> of the eye, and (3) a very bright white, well-defined, small, nearly
> circular spot below and well to the rear of the eye. The bird dove
> frequently among the docks to the north of East Shore Park. When it swam on
> the surface, it pumped its head forward.
>
> I opted to stay at East Shore Park when the field trip continued north.
> Photography was a bit difficult as the bird kept swimming behind pilings or
> diving, but eventually it swam solo out from the docks and south past East
> Shore Park, a nice photo op for several arriving birders who were not
> relying on a phone with a dead battery as I was. On my way home, I joined a
> group of birders viewing the Harlequin duck by scope from Stewart Park for
> awhile, but then it moved back north of East Shore Park.
>
> I think this is a first record for Tompkins County, although the species
> has been reported from several nearby counties over the years. I wasn’t
> aware of any other record for the Cayuga Lake Basin, but this morning Kevin
> McGowan mentioned that Bard Prentiss reported it in Union Springs sometime.
> Over 20 birders saw it this morning.
>
> - - Dave Nutter
>
> On Dec 4, 2022, at 9:13 AM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:
>
> Dave Nutter has reported a female harlequin duck by the docks north of
> East shore park  An unusual bird to say the least for the Cayuga Lake basin.
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Historical Harlequin Ducks -- Cayuga Lake

[Dave Nutter]

East Shore Park is a very small Town of Ithaca park located a half mile north 
of Stewart Park on East Shore Drive (NYS-34) opposite the large concrete 
building which houses the pumps for Cornell’s Lake Source Cooling system. The 
driveway for East Shore Park crosses the railroad tracks directly to a parking 
lot for about a dozen cars. South from that parking lot is another driveway for 
the Cornell Boating Center with a large orange building and a marina and a sign 
aimed at deterring non-Cornellians. The park has a small pavilion with a few 
picnic tables & grills, some lawn & shrubs, and rows of large boulders going 
down to the shore of Cayuga Lake. There are a few signs, including one which 
describes the lake and the view. Although swimming is prohibited, people swim 
here, including in December. For birding, East Shore Park gets you half a mile 
farther into the lake, where the water is deeper, and where ice usually ends in 
winter.

- - Dave Nutter

> On Dec 6, 2022, at 4:18 PM, madonna stallmann  
> wrote:
> 
> Newby here. Where exactly is East Shore Park?
> 
> Madonna Stallmann 
> 
>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 3:59 PM Jay McGowan  wrote:
>> All set, Chris, these should show up in eBird now.
>> 
>> And in the interest of keeping this relevant to current sightings, the East 
>> Shore Park Harlequin was still present as of early afternoon today, still 
>> hanging with Mallards and Buffleheads on the north side of the park, 
>> sometimes quite close to shore.
>> 
>> Jay
>> 
>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 3:49 PM Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
>>>  wrote:
>>> Excellent find, Jane, thank you very much!!
>>> 
>>> I’ve added a screen shot from that 1995 Kingbird page to the dropbox link 
>>> below.
>>> 
>>> It would be great to figure out a way to enter these sightings into eBird 
>>> as historical Cayuga Lake Basin records…all original observers of both 
>>> historical sightings are (sadly) deceased (McIlroy, et. al., and Prentiss).
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Chris T-H
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Dec 6, 2022, at 2:13 PM, Jane Graves  wrote:
>>> 
>>> "Kingbird,v45n3 1995 p193. Region 3 "Harlequin Duck: one Union Springs 24 
>>> Mar (BP,NYSARC).
>>> 
>>> Jane Graves
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>> On Dec 6, 2022, at 11:25 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>>  I’m still digging, but here’s a historical Harlequin Duck sighting from 
>>> 1968, thanks to Matt Medler for this!
>>> 
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n8jhxfva0peosb5/AAAFh4tEd1QTCI0ns7g4PkWka?dl=0
>>> 
>>> Dorothy McIlroy Sighting Notecard:
>>> 
>>> “Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus - Accidental - Female 5/7-9/68 
>>> [May 7-9, 1968] Sheldrake, Cay L. [Cayuga Lake] (D. McIlroy, M. Shephard, 
>>> F. Scheider) Verification report on  file.”
>>> 
>>> 1968 Kingbird, Volume 18, Number 3, Region 3:
>>> 
>>> “HARLEQUIN DUCK: female, May 7-9 Sheldrake Pt Cay L (DM and others; 
>>> verification report on file), first record for Region.”
>>> 
>>> Still trying to locate information about Bard Prentiss’s sighting from the 
>>> Factory Street pond (aka “Harlequin Pond”) in Union Springs from sometime 
>>> in the mid-1990s. If anyone has the original email, please forward to me.
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Chris T-H
>>> 
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Historical Harlequin Ducks -- Cayuga Lake

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Thank you very much, Marty, this is really good to know!

Glad we were able to collectively chase down these historical Harlequin Duck 
records and get them entered into eBird.

I know there are *many* other historical records that are absent from eBird, as 
it takes a tremendous amount of effort by many people (as evidenced just today) 
in locating data, verifying data, and finally getting those records accurately 
entered into eBird.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H




On Dec 6, 2022, at 12:15 PM, Marty Schlabach 
mailto:m...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Chris,

In case you have not already checked there,  sightings like these may have been 
noted in the Cayuga Bird Club newsletter.

The library at the Lab of O has a significant run in the collection.  
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/4544118

There is a Cayuga Bird Club collection of archival materials in the Rare & 
Manuscript Collection at Cornell. I know that a run of the club newsletter was 
given a couple of decades ago, and the record indicates they have 1989-1997.  I 
helped facilitate the transfer from a former member and officer.  
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/2067699

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Historical Harlequin Ducks -- Cayuga Lake

I’m still digging, but here’s a historical Harlequin Duck sighting from 1968, 
thanks to Matt Medler for this!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n8jhxfva0peosb5/AAAFh4tEd1QTCI0ns7g4PkWka?dl=0

Dorothy McIlroy Sighting Notecard:

“Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus - Accidental - Female 5/7-9/68 [May 
7-9, 1968] Sheldrake, Cay L. [Cayuga Lake] (D. McIlroy, M. Shephard, F. 
Scheider) Verification report on file.”

1968 Kingbird, Volume 18, Number 3, Region 3:

“HARLEQUIN DUCK: female, May 7-9 Sheldrake Pt Cay L (DM and others; 
verification report on file), first record for Region.”

Still trying to locate information about Bard Prentiss’s sighting from the 
Factory Street pond (aka “Harlequin Pond”) in Union Springs from sometime in 
the mid-1990s. If anyone has the original email, please forward to me.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Historical Harlequin Ducks -- Cayuga Lake

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Hi Madonna,

East Shore Park is located just north of Stewart Park up the east side of 
Cayuga Lake. It’s not very far up East Shore Drive. The Park is to the north of 
the Merrill Family Sailing Center, located at 1000 E Shore Dr, Ithaca, NY 14850.

The female Harlequin Duck has been associating with Mallards and Buffleheads, 
just to the north among the docks and pilings, sometimes emerging out onto the 
lake for better views. A spotting scope is helpful.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H



On Dec 6, 2022, at 4:18 PM, madonna stallmann 
mailto:madonnaoftheprai...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Newby here. Where exactly is East Shore Park?

Madonna Stallmann

On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 3:59 PM Jay McGowan 
mailto:jw...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
All set, Chris, these should show up in eBird now.

And in the interest of keeping this relevant to current sightings, the East 
Shore Park Harlequin was still present as of early afternoon today, still 
hanging with Mallards and Buffleheads on the north side of the park, sometimes 
quite close to shore.

Jay

On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 3:49 PM Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
mailto:c...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Excellent find, Jane, thank you very much!!

I’ve added a screen shot from that 1995 Kingbird page to the dropbox link below.

It would be great to figure out a way to enter these sightings into eBird as 
historical Cayuga Lake Basin records…all original observers of both historical 
sightings are (sadly) deceased (McIlroy, et. al., and Prentiss).

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


On Dec 6, 2022, at 2:13 PM, Jane Graves 
mailto:jgra...@skidmore.edu>> wrote:

"Kingbird,v45n3 1995 p193. Region 3 "Harlequin Duck: one Union Springs 24 Mar 
(BP,NYSARC).

Jane Graves

Sent from my iPad

On Dec 6, 2022, at 11:25 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
mailto:c...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

 I’m still digging, but here’s a historical Harlequin Duck sighting from 1968, 
thanks to Matt Medler for this!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n8jhxfva0peosb5/AAAFh4tEd1QTCI0ns7g4PkWka?dl=0

Dorothy McIlroy Sighting Notecard:

“Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus - Accidental - Female 5/7-9/68 [May 
7-9, 1968] Sheldrake, Cay L. [Cayuga Lake] (D. McIlroy, M. Shephard, F. 
Scheider) Verification report on file.”

1968 Kingbird, Volume 18, Number 3, Region 3:

“HARLEQUIN DUCK: female, May 7-9 Sheldrake Pt Cay L (DM and others; 
verification report on file), first record for Region.”

Still trying to locate information about Bard Prentiss’s sighting from the 
Factory Street pond (aka “Harlequin Pond”) in Union Springs from sometime in 
the mid-1990s. If anyone has the original email, please forward to me.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Historical Harlequin Ducks -- Cayuga Lake

[madonna stallmann]

Newby here. Where exactly is East Shore Park?

Madonna Stallmann

On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 3:59 PM Jay McGowan  wrote:

> All set, Chris, these should show up in eBird now.
>
> And in the interest of keeping this relevant to current sightings, the
> East Shore Park Harlequin was still present as of early afternoon today,
> still hanging with Mallards and Buffleheads on the north side of the park,
> sometimes quite close to shore.
>
> Jay
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 3:49 PM Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes <
> c...@cornell.edu> wrote:
>
>> Excellent find, Jane, thank you very much!!
>>
>> I’ve added a screen shot from that 1995 Kingbird page to the dropbox link
>> below.
>>
>> It would be great to figure out a way to enter these sightings into eBird
>> as *historical Cayuga Lake Basin records*…all original observers of both
>> historical sightings are (sadly) deceased (McIlroy, et. al., and Prentiss).
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Chris T-H
>>
>>
>> On Dec 6, 2022, at 2:13 PM, Jane Graves  wrote:
>>
>> "Kingbird,v45n3 1995 p193. Region 3 "Harlequin Duck: one Union Springs 24
>> Mar (BP,NYSARC).
>>
>> Jane Graves
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Dec 6, 2022, at 11:25 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes <
>> c...@cornell.edu> wrote:
>>
>>  I’m still digging, but here’s a historical Harlequin Duck sighting from
>> 1968, *thanks to Matt Medler for this!*
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n8jhxfva0peosb5/AAAFh4tEd1QTCI0ns7g4PkWka?dl=0
>>
>> Dorothy McIlroy Sighting Notecard:
>>
>> “Harlequin Duck - *Histrionicus histrionicus -* Accidental - Female
>> 5/7-9/68 [May 7-9, 1968] Sheldrake, Cay L. [Cayuga Lake] (D. McIlroy, M.
>> Shephard, F. Scheider) Verification report on file.”
>>
>>
>> 1968 Kingbird, Volume 18, Number 3, Region 3:
>>
>> “HARLEQUIN DUCK: female, May 7-9 Sheldrake Pt Cay L (DM and others;
>> verification report on file), first record for Region.”
>>
>>
>> Still trying to locate information about Bard Prentiss’s sighting from
>> the Factory Street pond (aka “Harlequin Pond”) in Union Springs from
>> sometime in the mid-1990s. If anyone has the original email, please forward
>> to me.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Chris T-H
>>
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[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Thanks, Jay. Appreciate you doing this!

Sincerely,
Chris


On Dec 6, 2022, at 3:59 PM, Jay McGowan 
mailto:jw...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

All set, Chris, these should show up in eBird now.

And in the interest of keeping this relevant to current sightings, the East 
Shore Park Harlequin was still present as of early afternoon today, still 
hanging with Mallards and Buffleheads on the north side of the park, sometimes 
quite close to shore.

Jay

On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 3:49 PM Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
mailto:c...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Excellent find, Jane, thank you very much!!

I’ve added a screen shot from that 1995 Kingbird page to the dropbox link below.

It would be great to figure out a way to enter these sightings into eBird as 
historical Cayuga Lake Basin records…all original observers of both historical 
sightings are (sadly) deceased (McIlroy, et. al., and Prentiss).

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


On Dec 6, 2022, at 2:13 PM, Jane Graves 
mailto:jgra...@skidmore.edu>> wrote:

"Kingbird,v45n3 1995 p193. Region 3 "Harlequin Duck: one Union Springs 24 Mar 
(BP,NYSARC).

Jane Graves

Sent from my iPad

On Dec 6, 2022, at 11:25 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
mailto:c...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

 I’m still digging, but here’s a historical Harlequin Duck sighting from 1968, 
thanks to Matt Medler for this!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n8jhxfva0peosb5/AAAFh4tEd1QTCI0ns7g4PkWka?dl=0

Dorothy McIlroy Sighting Notecard:

“Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus - Accidental - Female 5/7-9/68 [May 
7-9, 1968] Sheldrake, Cay L. [Cayuga Lake] (D. McIlroy, M. Shephard, F. 
Scheider) Verification report on file.”

1968 Kingbird, Volume 18, Number 3, Region 3:

“HARLEQUIN DUCK: female, May 7-9 Sheldrake Pt Cay L (DM and others; 
verification report on file), first record for Region.”

Still trying to locate information about Bard Prentiss’s sighting from the 
Factory Street pond (aka “Harlequin Pond”) in Union Springs from sometime in 
the mid-1990s. If anyone has the original email, please forward to me.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Historical Harlequin Ducks -- Cayuga Lake

[Jay McGowan]

All set, Chris, these should show up in eBird now.

And in the interest of keeping this relevant to current sightings, the East
Shore Park Harlequin was still present as of early afternoon today, still
hanging with Mallards and Buffleheads on the north side of the park,
sometimes quite close to shore.

Jay

On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 3:49 PM Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes <
c...@cornell.edu> wrote:

> Excellent find, Jane, thank you very much!!
>
> I’ve added a screen shot from that 1995 Kingbird page to the dropbox link
> below.
>
> It would be great to figure out a way to enter these sightings into eBird
> as *historical Cayuga Lake Basin records*…all original observers of both
> historical sightings are (sadly) deceased (McIlroy, et. al., and Prentiss).
>
> Sincerely,
> Chris T-H
>
>
> On Dec 6, 2022, at 2:13 PM, Jane Graves  wrote:
>
> "Kingbird,v45n3 1995 p193. Region 3 "Harlequin Duck: one Union Springs 24
> Mar (BP,NYSARC).
>
> Jane Graves
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Dec 6, 2022, at 11:25 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes <
> c...@cornell.edu> wrote:
>
>  I’m still digging, but here’s a historical Harlequin Duck sighting from
> 1968, *thanks to Matt Medler for this!*
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n8jhxfva0peosb5/AAAFh4tEd1QTCI0ns7g4PkWka?dl=0
>
> Dorothy McIlroy Sighting Notecard:
>
> “Harlequin Duck - *Histrionicus histrionicus -* Accidental - Female
> 5/7-9/68 [May 7-9, 1968] Sheldrake, Cay L. [Cayuga Lake] (D. McIlroy, M.
> Shephard, F. Scheider) Verification report on file.”
>
>
> 1968 Kingbird, Volume 18, Number 3, Region 3:
>
> “HARLEQUIN DUCK: female, May 7-9 Sheldrake Pt Cay L (DM and others;
> verification report on file), first record for Region.”
>
>
> Still trying to locate information about Bard Prentiss’s sighting from the
> Factory Street pond (aka “Harlequin Pond”) in Union Springs from sometime
> in the mid-1990s. If anyone has the original email, please forward to me.
>
> Sincerely,
> Chris T-H
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Historical Harlequin Ducks -- Cayuga Lake

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Excellent find, Jane, thank you very much!!

I’ve added a screen shot from that 1995 Kingbird page to the dropbox link below.

It would be great to figure out a way to enter these sightings into eBird as 
historical Cayuga Lake Basin records…all original observers of both historical 
sightings are (sadly) deceased (McIlroy, et. al., and Prentiss).

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


On Dec 6, 2022, at 2:13 PM, Jane Graves 
mailto:jgra...@skidmore.edu>> wrote:

"Kingbird,v45n3 1995 p193. Region 3 "Harlequin Duck: one Union Springs 24 Mar 
(BP,NYSARC).

Jane Graves

Sent from my iPad

On Dec 6, 2022, at 11:25 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
mailto:c...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

 I’m still digging, but here’s a historical Harlequin Duck sighting from 1968, 
thanks to Matt Medler for this!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n8jhxfva0peosb5/AAAFh4tEd1QTCI0ns7g4PkWka?dl=0

Dorothy McIlroy Sighting Notecard:

“Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus - Accidental - Female 5/7-9/68 [May 
7-9, 1968] Sheldrake, Cay L. [Cayuga Lake] (D. McIlroy, M. Shephard, F. 
Scheider) Verification report on file.”

1968 Kingbird, Volume 18, Number 3, Region 3:

“HARLEQUIN DUCK: female, May 7-9 Sheldrake Pt Cay L (DM and others; 
verification report on file), first record for Region.”

Still trying to locate information about Bard Prentiss’s sighting from the 
Factory Street pond (aka “Harlequin Pond”) in Union Springs from sometime in 
the mid-1990s. If anyone has the original email, please forward to me.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Historical Harlequin Ducks -- Cayuga Lake

[Jane Graves]

"Kingbird,v45n3 1995 p193. Region 3 "Harlequin Duck: one Union Springs 24 Mar 
(BP,NYSARC).

Jane Graves

Sent from my iPad

On Dec 6, 2022, at 11:25 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes  
wrote:

 I’m still digging, but here’s a historical Harlequin Duck sighting from 1968, 
thanks to Matt Medler for this!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n8jhxfva0peosb5/AAAFh4tEd1QTCI0ns7g4PkWka?dl=0

Dorothy McIlroy Sighting Notecard:

“Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus - Accidental - Female 5/7-9/68 [May 
7-9, 1968] Sheldrake, Cay L. [Cayuga Lake] (D. McIlroy, M. Shephard, F. 
Scheider) Verification report on file.”

1968 Kingbird, Volume 18, Number 3, Region 3:

“HARLEQUIN DUCK: female, May 7-9 Sheldrake Pt Cay L (DM and others; 
verification report on file), first record for Region.”

Still trying to locate information about Bard Prentiss’s sighting from the 
Factory Street pond (aka “Harlequin Pond”) in Union Springs from sometime in 
the mid-1990s. If anyone has the original email, please forward to me.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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RE:[cayugabirds-l] Historical Harlequin Ducks -- Cayuga Lake

[Marty Schlabach]

Chris,

In case you have not already checked there,  sightings like these may have been 
noted in the Cayuga Bird Club newsletter.

The library at the Lab of O has a significant run in the collection.  
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/4544118

There is a Cayuga Bird Club collection of archival materials in the Rare & 
Manuscript Collection at Cornell. I know that a run of the club newsletter was 
given a couple of decades ago, and the record indicates they have 1989-1997.  I 
helped facilitate the transfer from a former member and officer.  
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/2067699

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Tessaglia-Hymes
Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 11:25 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Historical Harlequin Ducks -- Cayuga Lake

I’m still digging, but here’s a historical Harlequin Duck sighting from 1968, 
thanks to Matt Medler for this!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n8jhxfva0peosb5/AAAFh4tEd1QTCI0ns7g4PkWka?dl=0

Dorothy McIlroy Sighting Notecard:

“Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus - Accidental - Female 5/7-9/68 [May 
7-9, 1968] Sheldrake, Cay L. [Cayuga Lake] (D. McIlroy, M. Shephard, F. 
Scheider) Verification report on file.”

1968 Kingbird, Volume 18, Number 3, Region 3:

“HARLEQUIN DUCK: female, May 7-9 Sheldrake Pt Cay L (DM and others; 
verification report on file), first record for Region.”

Still trying to locate information about Bard Prentiss’s sighting from the 
Factory Street pond (aka “Harlequin Pond”) in Union Springs from sometime in 
the mid-1990s. If anyone has the original email, please forward to me.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[cayugabirds-l] Historical Harlequin Ducks -- Cayuga Lake

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I’m still digging, but here’s a historical Harlequin Duck sighting from 1968, 
thanks to Matt Medler for this!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n8jhxfva0peosb5/AAAFh4tEd1QTCI0ns7g4PkWka?dl=0

Dorothy McIlroy Sighting Notecard:

“Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus - Accidental - Female 5/7-9/68 [May 
7-9, 1968] Sheldrake, Cay L. [Cayuga Lake] (D. McIlroy, M. Shephard, F. 
Scheider) Verification report on file.”

1968 Kingbird, Volume 18, Number 3, Region 3:

“HARLEQUIN DUCK: female, May 7-9 Sheldrake Pt Cay L (DM and others; 
verification report on file), first record for Region.”

Still trying to locate information about Bard Prentiss’s sighting from the 
Factory Street pond (aka “Harlequin Pond”) in Union Springs from sometime in 
the mid-1990s. If anyone has the original email, please forward to me.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN PLEA: Historical Cayugabirds Messages 1990s-era

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Hi Everyone,

This is a plea to everyone currently subscribed to Cayugabirds-L, however, I’m 
mostly trying to reach those who may have been subscribed to Cayugabirds at any 
time between approximately 1993 or 1994 and late 1998, and who still have 
access to any of those original emails posted to Cayugabirds-L during that 
time-period.

Please email me off list if you believe you have older emails and if you may 
have an ability to access to them—even if only snippets from that time-period.

Feel free to forward this to others who may not be subscribed currently but who 
may have been subscribed during that time.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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