Yes, I stopped at ELF after work, and John Hockema was just coming back from the far edge. He told me about the probable Long-tailed Duck, and we scanned with our scopes for a while before re-finding it. It was at the far east-south-east edge, and diving almost continuously, so it was hard to get a good look. After several looks I could see the white on the head, with a dark patch on the side of the head; black on the back with some lighter curving back . Strong contrast between the dark rear back and the white under tail, with dark flank and breast. I was not able to see the long tail, but it was quite distant and up for just glimpses.
That flood control reservoir sure has changed the waterfowl we can see in the Rochester area! Joel Dunnette > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dedrick Benz > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:35 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [mnbird] Cinnamon Teal Update, LT Duck > > Hello, > > There was a message from a birder on my machine who suspects this Cinnamon > Teal could be a hybrid, BUT found a Long-tailed Duck at the East Landfill > reservoir. > > Dedrick's MN Cinnamon Teal Records: > > Hybrids: 3 (1 personally found) > The real deal: 1 (Hockema found) > > Dedrick Benz > Winona, MN > > _________________________________________________________________ > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar > -> get it now! > http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird
