The Tufted Duck is still present off East Shore Park. I found it out from the
marina in the large mixed Aythya flock.
Bill Baker
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There is a Tufted Duck close in at East shore park. Bright white sides and
tuft waving in the wind.
Found by Elliott Ress earlier today.
Diane & Ken
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I found the continuing Tufted Duck off 829 Taughannock at ~10:45 am today. It
was active and hanging with a group of scaup on the east side of the redhead
raft. Really cool duck!
Michael Riley
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I just found a male TUFTED DUCK in the flock of many thousand Aythya,
mostly Redheads, at the far SW corner of Cayuga Lake, viewed from pulling
off on Rt. 89 or from the shore of Hog Hole (Alan Treman State Marine
Park). A male Redhead x scaup hybrid is also present in the flock.
Jay
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Hi all,
There is currently a tufted duck relatively close to shore off of 89
on the south
end of Cayuga. I live at 869 Taughannock Blvd and it's slightly north of me.
Checklist:
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51729347
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Jay McGowan just (11:23am) reported a male TUFTED DUCK in partly eclipse
plumage on the main pool at Montezuma about halfway between Larue’s & Eaton in
a huge Aythya flock.
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Hello all,
My apologies for this late report; I thought I had sent this note successfully
from the field yesterday, but I mis-directed it!
The Tufted Duck, found by Brooke Morse last weekend, was refound by Willie
D'Anna yesterday. The eBird hotspot is called "Canandaigua Lake - Vine
Valley
Mark Miller just called to say he has the TUFTED DUCK now in a big Aythya
flock off of the north end of Kozy Kove Road where we had it yesterday.
On Jan 16, 2016 9:51 PM, "Jay McGowan" wrote:
> Early this afternoon, Ken Rosenberg, Alex Lees, Nárgila Moura, and Tom
> Auer found a male TUFTED DUCK
Jay, thanks for posting this summary. After a long day of waterfowl counting
and then other obligations, I did not have a chance to post this.
Finding this TUFTED DUCK at Twin Oaks was a great stroke of luck — after
sifting through these huge Aythya flocks for 20+ years looking specifically for
The male TUFTED DUCK continues in thr Cayuga Inlet, viewed earlier from the
white lighthouse. It would have been close in off the shore of Treman but
probably not visible from the marina. It was visible later from the swan
pen, barely. Among the Tree Swallows foraging in the snow offshore were a
si
After a couple of days' absence from the yacht club, the short-crested
TUFTED DUCK is being seen off Myers Point, south of the lighthouse and west
of the marina. Livia and I just found a BLACK SCOTER, quite possibly the
same immature male seen at the south end in January, south of the boathouse
in
I spent my lunch time today going up to the vicinity of the Yacht club
in the hope of finally seeing the Tufted Duck, and was not disappointed,
finding it to the North by the ice edge among Scaup and Redhead.
Other species of interest were four Wood Ducks, about 8 Red-breasted
Mergansers, an
Loved it! Thanks so much.
Judy Thurber
Liverpool
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> On Mar 7, 2015, at 5:14 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
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> Two points of potential interest about Tufted Ducks, in addition to the fact
> that the short-tufted male continues (as late as 3:30pm) close to the point
> at the Ithaca Y
At yacht club
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Two points of potential interest about Tufted Ducks, in addition to the fact
that the short-tufted male continues (as late as 3:30pm) close to the point at
the Ithaca Yacht Club:
I did not see the Tufted Duck in the Ladoga area but I am told that on 22
February it was seen to have a normal lon
Tufted Duck continues at Ithaca Yacht Club. 4 Horned Grebes.
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Donna Scott
On Mar 6, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Tom Schulenberg wrote:
> also Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Horned Grebes, 2 Red-throated Loons, etc.
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The short-crested male TUFTED DUCK continues at the Ithaca Yacht Club in
Ulysses this morning, sleeping with other Aythya close to shore just north
of the buildings.
Jay
On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Jay McGowan wrote:
> A male TUFTED DUCK was found this morning by Tim Lenz just offshor
and much more "spiky"
as Jay mentions below. The bird was actively diving.
Thanks again for the timely rare bird alert!!! Dave Nicosia
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] T
Chris Stanger reported the Tufted Duck to eBird in the same area this
afternoon:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22025808
Many observers scoured the Stahl/Seybolt/Martin road area this afternoon
with no sightings as far as a I am aware of the Gyrfalcon.
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 8:40 A
I would Love to know if anyone saw the Tufted today.
I arrived before the sun came up and stayed until 4PM (my second attempt at
this precious bird).
About every 2 hours I froze nearly solid and walked back to my car to thaw
out.
When the snow storm came, I did drive up to the compost pits in
Spent a lot of time today at Hog Hole (8-11 AM & 1-2 PM). Tufted Duck was
there, diving frequently, and moving around quite a bit. Usually hanging out
with a few Scaup. Was fairly close in this morning, further out in the
afternoon.
Stopped at the Lab of O, not too much there, but did have a P
Any updates on TUDU would be appreciated on this listserve or cayuga rba.
Heading up for attempt number two!
Thanks.
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck continues near Allan H Treman State Marine
Park
Having missed the Tufted Duck yesterday around sunset, unaware that nearby
birders out of my view were watching it, I was back at dawn and soon refound
the TUFTED DUCK in the flock of REDHEADS and LESSER SCAUP along the lakeshore
of Treman, often close to the ice edge, sometimes out toward the p
https://www.flickr.com/photos/73284351@N03/
has 3 shots from today of the Tufted Duck for your reference.
Also, a recent visit to our owl box by a different EASO than the one in 2013
(also in this photo stream)
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The male TUFTED DUCK is sleeping in a small scaup flock just offshore from
Hog Hole now.
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In my haste to re-send Tim's message I screwed it up a bit. This morning the
TUFTED DUCK has been among mainly LESSER SCAUP (not Redheads) near the piling
cluster in the middle of the south end of Cayuga Lake. I refound it resting
among about 100 Lesser Scaup about 10am south of the pilings, but
Anyone interested in searched for the Tufted Duck Wednesday morning? I plan
on being at Hog Hole at 845 am or so. I could use the help in searching
through all the ducks there. I appreciate the ID help on this
listserve...Jay's photos and Dave Nutter's comments especially. I also
appreciate the upd
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Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 8:36 AM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] TUFTED DUCK refound 0830 Tues, search tactics, plus
another cool duck
Although I don't know of the TUFTED DUCK being seen Monday, I just got a Rare
Bird Alert from Tim Lenz that it is among active REDHEADS
Although I don't know of the TUFTED DUCK being seen Monday, I just got a Rare
Bird Alert from Tim Lenz that it is among active REDHEADS near the piling
cluster.
I apologize for the confusing last sentence of my earlier reply about Tufted
Duck ID. It should read:
There is just the one bird, and
Has anyone seen it this morning? Thank you.
Glenn Wilson
Endicott, NY
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Carol (& all),
Male Tufted Duck in breeding plumage is an easy ID: The SIDE IS BOLD PURE WHITE
in sharp contrast to the surrounding black everywhere else, in particular the
BLACK BACK, but also the black fore and aft ends, the neck and the entire head.
It is far whiter than the gray sides of the
Dave Nutter just called to say he has a male TUFTED DUCK in the duck flock
off Hog Hole.
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Livia and I spent a couple of hours along the east shore of Cayuga Lake
from East Shore Park up to Myers Point. A good number of Aythya flocks were
tucked in along the houses and docks just north of East Shore, but
difficult to get good looks at. No sign of the Tufted on this side either,
but we di
I spent an hour or so along Rt 89 this morning, trying to get a good look from
the road at the large mixed flock of ducks & geese north of the ice edge.
Numerous Redheads, Canvasbacks, both Scaup, Goldeneye, Buffleheads, a couple of
Ruddy Ducks. But NO Tufted Duck. Access to the lake shore is wh
I decided to walk in search of Jay's reported Tufted Duck because, shamefully, I ended up driving to see the first-ever basin Tufted Duck last year. (First obliviousness and then drenched optics prevented my seeing that bird on a bike trip.) Yet I didn't want to walk on the roads or railroad (I got
TUFTED DUCK male dozing in SW corner Cayuga Lake near ice.
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With Kevin's offer to lead the charitable efforts in ensuring I have a
replacement for my, apparently dysfunctional, tripod, I thought I'd ask
folks on the list for their recommendations on good and EXPENSIVE ones. If
I'll be lending out my tripod to Kevin more often in the future, I'm sure
he'd
Chris and Jessie and Jeff had the female type TUFTED DUCK earlier this
morning from Hog Hole, but at about 8:00 (I believe) it flew north out of
sight with a flock of Redheads. These Redhead flocks have been moving up
and down the lake so it may well return, but it is not being seen currently.
Jay
To add to Chris's comments, when I started to count the Redhead, this bird
appeared in my scope view, fairly dark sides and nearly black back started
my pulse going. Then it turned and I saw the head well, including a short
tuft at which time I said something to myself like Holy Hey, Chris
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Reply-To: Jeff Gerbracht
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Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck, crappy tripod
Aww, come on. It doesn't have any odor a
Aww, come on. It doesn't have any odor about it at all!! And I did give
you fair warning ;) You have to talk nicely to it and kick out it's
legs once in awhile.
Glad you saw the bird
Jeff
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote:
> Just wanted to say that despite
Just wanted to say that despite the awful piece of equipment Jeff lent me, I
was able to balance my scope on it in an adequate way that allowed me to have
decent views of the EARED GREBE at Hogs Hole. After the thing dumped my
spotting scope eyepiece-first into the mud first. Still, a bad and i
I managed to squeeze seeing the TUFTED DUCK into a busy schedule today. Here
is my eBird description.
Met Chris Wood and Jeff Gehrbracht, who found it, in parking lot. Because of
travel the day before, I forgot my tripod. Jeff kindly lent me his horribly
defective one. Met up with Patrick Tann
I think many people have heard that Jeff Gerbracht and I saw a Tufted Duck at
Hog Hole, Ithaca NY today. Here are my checklist notes from eBird along with a
link to my eBird checklist that includes photos and more comments. You can
click the Map link in eBird if you are not familiar with Hog Hol
>From Chris Wood and Jeff Gerbracht
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