The third bird is a fairly worn and pale brown female White-winged Scoter, with an adult male and an immature male (mostly female looking) Surf Scoter.
Jay On Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 12:23 PM Kevin J. Cummings <kj...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Sorry for all the emails. More details on the possible King Eider on > Dryden Lake: brownish overall, longer and bulkier than the two Surf Scoters > it is associating with, pale area on face at base of dark bill, and white > patch on wings visible during preening. I hope others check it out. > > Cheers, > Kevin > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 25, 2021, at 11:51 AM, Kevin J. Cummings <kj...@cornell.edu> > wrote: > > > > Hi again, > > > > There is now an overall brownish duck hanging out with the 2 Surf > Scoters and 3 Ruddy Ducks on Dryden Lake. It is a bit longer than the > Scoters. I know this is a long shot, but it reminds me of a King Eider. > Hopefully others will take a look and weigh in. > > > > Kevin > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Apr 25, 2021, at 10:22 AM, Kevin J. Cummings <kj...@cornell.edu> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> There is currently a pair of Surf Scoters on Dryden Lake, hanging out > with a trio of Ruddy Ducks. > >> > >> Kevin > >> > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> -- > >> > >> 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/ > >> > >> -- > >> > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --