Matt Sabatine, a visiting birder from PA reports the Tufted Duck this morning. Please see his e-mail to me below.
Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com Begin forwarded message: *From:* Matt Sabatine <mattsa...@yahoo.com> *Date:* January 2, 2013, 8:33:35 AM EST *To:* Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> *Subject:* *Re: Tufted duck* Andrew, Thanks for the info. The bird is still present in the harbor as of now(8:30). It was sleeping in the southwest portion of the harbor before it flew across and landed amongst the police docks and out of sight. Feel free to post if you think it may aid others in the search. Thanks again, Matt Sabatine Bangor,PA On Jan 1, 2013, at 9:17 PM, Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Matt, That is a sound plan. Look for the Harbor Club Parking lot which is right next to the police docks. You could park there and walk towards the said docks, which is where the bird was seen today before flying out. My advise, is to use very discrete movements and switch to communicating in signs when approaching the docks. The bird is very aware of its admirers and tends to spook with minimal disturbance. Good luck and check all the surrounding marinas. It likes to hide among the docked boats. Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Matt Sabatine <mattsa...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Myself and a fellow PA birder will be in NY tomorrow to try for the Tufted > Duck. I was wondering if you heard any further updates from today on its > status, aside from the reports of it first thing this morning. As of now > we're going to be at the place it was reported today at first light, unless > informed otherwise. Any suggestions you may have on where to start or where > else to check would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance, > > Matt Sabatine > Bangor,PA > > -- 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/ --
