[nysbirds-l] Report of Common Pochard on Lake Champlain, Vermont
This should be of interest to NY birders: The following report is in response to a photo of a "Redhead" taken on the Vermont side of the Champlain Bridge in Vermont. The lake is narrow at this location and the bird might be seen in either Vermont or New York: Start thread: I just got this email from Jeremiah Trimble who ID'ed Ian and Ron's red-headed duck as a Common Pochard. Allan Original Message Subject:Common Pochard at Champlain Bridge Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 14:28:55 -0500 From: Jeremiah Trimble To: Kent McFarland CC: Allan Strong , Chris Rimmer Hi all, Happy New Year! I need to follow up on the storm-petrel specimen but in an immediate matter, a redhead was reported today on Vermont birds along with a Redhead. The "Redhead" in the image is a Common Pochard! I'm not sure how to get the word out better than email you guys!! Good luck, Jeremiah -Original Message- From: Vermont Birds [mailto:vtb...@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Kaye Danforth Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 3:07 PM To: vtb...@list.uvm.edu Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Tufted Duck, Glaucous Gull and Redhead, Champlain Bridge I'm sitting here closely comparing Ron's picture of the Redhead and a photo of a common Pochard in the same viewing position, and it sure looks like the head-shape is identical to that of a pochard- a Redhead's being more rounded. Of course, I'm birding vicariously, but can't contain my excitement it could be one! Kaye Hinesburg On Jan 1, 2013, at 1:25 PM, Ronald Payne wrote: > This morning I took a pre-planned New Year's Day trip to the Champlain > Bridge in Addison had an added impetus with Ian Worley's sighting of a > Harlequin Duck yesterday. I never did find the Harlequin, but I got > different Life Bird almost right away when I spotted an immature > Glaucous Gull on a flow of ice south of the bridge. Its white > primaries really stood out, and it was alongside a Great Black-backed > Gull when I first saw it to give it scale. Not long after this, two > Red foxes came out onto the ice and approached some ducks along the > ice, which just casually swam away from them. > The foxes then disappeared into shrub along the shore. At this point I > got busy counting the many Lesser and greater Scaup, Goldeneye, > Mallards, Black Ducks and Mergansers in the area, a task that was > rather unpleasant given the stiff cold breeze. Around this time Ian > Worley arrived and he was excited to hear about the Glaucous Gull, as > he had never seen one before. After a few minutes of searching from > the top of the bridge, he suggested we move below it to get out of the > wind, an extremely good idea! From beneath the bridge we searched the > mixed flock on the northwest end, I picked out a White- winged Scoter > and a female Barrow's Goldeneye, and Ian spotted a beautiful adult > male Redhead. Ian decided to go to a different position so he could > search for the Glaucous, but I quickly called him back when I saw that > one of the Scaup had a tuft on the back of its head, and was in fact > an adult male Tufted Duck, a life bird for him. As we looked at this > bird we spotted an adult male Barrow's Goldeneye, and a female > Redhead. Later Ian did find the Glaucous, so at the time I left to go > defrost myself, I had a one life-bird day and Ian had a two life-bird > day. > > Full checklist with blurry digiscoped pictures: > http://ebird.org/ebird/vt/view/checklist?subID=S12435936 > > Happy New Year's birding, everyone! > > -- > Ron Payne > Middlebury, VT -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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] Report of Common Pochard on Lake Champlain, Vermont
This should be of interest to NY birders: The following report is in response to a photo of a Redhead taken on the Vermont side of the Champlain Bridge in Vermont. The lake is narrow at this location and the bird might be seen in either Vermont or New York: Start thread: I just got this email from Jeremiah Trimble who ID'ed Ian and Ron's red-headed duck as a Common Pochard. Allan Original Message Subject:Common Pochard at Champlain Bridge Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 14:28:55 -0500 From: Jeremiah Trimble jtrim...@oeb.harvard.edu To: Kent McFarland kmcfarl...@vtecostudies.org CC: Allan Strong astr...@uvm.edu, Chris Rimmer crim...@vtecostudies.org Hi all, Happy New Year! I need to follow up on the storm-petrel specimen but in an immediate matter, a redhead was reported today on Vermont birds along with a Redhead. The Redhead in the image is a Common Pochard! I'm not sure how to get the word out better than email you guys!! Good luck, Jeremiah -Original Message- From: Vermont Birds [mailto:vtb...@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Kaye Danforth Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 3:07 PM To: vtb...@list.uvm.edu Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Tufted Duck, Glaucous Gull and Redhead, Champlain Bridge I'm sitting here closely comparing Ron's picture of the Redhead and a photo of a common Pochard in the same viewing position, and it sure looks like the head-shape is identical to that of a pochard- a Redhead's being more rounded. Of course, I'm birding vicariously, but can't contain my excitement it could be one! Kaye Hinesburg On Jan 1, 2013, at 1:25 PM, Ronald Payne wrote: This morning I took a pre-planned New Year's Day trip to the Champlain Bridge in Addison had an added impetus with Ian Worley's sighting of a Harlequin Duck yesterday. I never did find the Harlequin, but I got different Life Bird almost right away when I spotted an immature Glaucous Gull on a flow of ice south of the bridge. Its white primaries really stood out, and it was alongside a Great Black-backed Gull when I first saw it to give it scale. Not long after this, two Red foxes came out onto the ice and approached some ducks along the ice, which just casually swam away from them. The foxes then disappeared into shrub along the shore. At this point I got busy counting the many Lesser and greater Scaup, Goldeneye, Mallards, Black Ducks and Mergansers in the area, a task that was rather unpleasant given the stiff cold breeze. Around this time Ian Worley arrived and he was excited to hear about the Glaucous Gull, as he had never seen one before. After a few minutes of searching from the top of the bridge, he suggested we move below it to get out of the wind, an extremely good idea! From beneath the bridge we searched the mixed flock on the northwest end, I picked out a White- winged Scoter and a female Barrow's Goldeneye, and Ian spotted a beautiful adult male Redhead. Ian decided to go to a different position so he could search for the Glaucous, but I quickly called him back when I saw that one of the Scaup had a tuft on the back of its head, and was in fact an adult male Tufted Duck, a life bird for him. As we looked at this bird we spotted an adult male Barrow's Goldeneye, and a female Redhead. Later Ian did find the Glaucous, so at the time I left to go defrost myself, I had a one life-bird day and Ian had a two life-bird day. Full checklist with blurry digiscoped pictures: http://ebird.org/ebird/vt/view/checklist?subID=S12435936 Happy New Year's birding, everyone! -- Ron Payne Middlebury, VT -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
