We also checked for the Tufted Duck this morning but were rebuffed by the misty, shimmery lake. The female BLACK SCOTER was visible out with the mergansers in the southwest corner of the lake, but the Aythya flocks were too distant to scan with much confidence. Aythya watchers looking for the Tufted Duck should also be on the lookout for two cool hybrids seen recently, a Redhead x Ring-necked Duck and a Ring-necked Duck x scaup sp.: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21400518 Sightings of either of these birds should be reported here as both are extremely rare.
The gull assemblage off East Shore Park this morning yielded a single GLAUCOUS GULL (probably a third-cycle: gray back, white wing coverts and wingtips, pink-and-black bill), as well as one and possibly two adult ICELAND GULLS. Apparently the same Glaucous Gull was subsequently present at the compost around 9:30 this morning. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
