After no confirmed sightings yesterday, the male Mottled Duck appeared at the north end of Ketcham's Creek this morning around 7:30, likely having flown in with a dozen or so other dabblers 10 or 15 minutes prior. At 7:35, its female took off and headed NE, and the Mottled followed a few seconds after, disappearing over houses in that direction. So the bird is still around, but no less challenging to pin down.
Jay -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
