For anyone still interested, the Tufted Duck is still at the pond by Saint Johns Church in Cold Spring Harbor off route 25A. Also at the pond you can still find a Redhead duck. Others are reporting a Bald Eagle that has frequented the pond for the last two weeks. Apparently it alternated between the pond and the harbor.
>From Archive Tufted duck observed on St. John's Pond amongst ringnecks. Joe On Jan 13, 2013, at 1:21 PM, "David Klauber" <davehawk...@msn.com<mailto:davehawk...@msn.com>> wrote: I found the Tufted Duck on the pond next to St. John's Church in the extreme ne corner of Nassau County about 11:30 this morning. This is adjacent to the fish hatchery for those unfamiliar with the area on 25A. It was with a group of Ring necked ducks very close to the fence behind the church. It drifted off to the right (west) and probably disappeared behind a large fallen tree near the shore. I'm not sure because we were distracted by a Eurasian-type Widgeon, either a male coming out of eclipse or a hybrid - the sides were similar to the nearby American Widgeon. The tuft was wet and not sticking out at all - in fact you could see the wet tuft feathers contrasting with the rest of the dark head feathers. It could be missed with its head tucked in except for the white sides and black back. -- -- 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/ --
