To clarify my last message with a subjectless sentence, *I* am at Taughannock, but no sign of an eider so far. Needless to say King would be much more likely than Common here, so it will be interesting to see if Jeff can rule out King. On Mar 15, 2014 1:52 PM, "Jay McGowan" <jw...@cornell.edu> wrote:
> There now, no luck so far. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <ebird-al...@cornell.edu> > Date: Mar 15, 2014 1:26 PM > Subject: [eBird Alert] Needs Alert for Tompkins <hourly> > To: <jw...@cornell.edu> > Cc: > > *** Species Summary: > > - Common Eider (1 report) > > --------------------------------------------- > Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Needs Alert for Tompkins. The > report below shows observations of species you have not seen in Tompkins, > based on your eBird observations. View this alert on the web at > http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN10503 > NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated > > Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) (1) > - Reported Mar 15, 2014 10:45 by Jeff Doyle > - Taughannock Park, Tompkins, New York > - Map: > http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.5437652,-76.5948343&ll=42.5437652,-76.5948343 > - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17442350 > - Comments: "One bird, approximately 100 yards south of the swimming beach > in the south cove. I had a scope, so I did get long, excellent looks at the > bird, over a period of 20-30 minutes. I don't have a camera capable of > getting a picture, however. The bird was mostly a nondescript brown, with a > warmer brown head. The most distinctive marks were bright white forewings > visible as a line on the side (visible with the naked eye and binoculars), > also very visible as the bird extended its wings as it dove. There was no > other white on the bird. The other distinctive characteristic was the head, > with a sloping bill that (through the scope) had a faint yellow-greenish > color. This was difficult to see, but the shape of the head was not like > any other duck I've seen here (though I've seen Eiders in Scandinavia); > probably closest to a canvasback in the "slopy" shape. This bird, however, > was more stout, with a short neck relative to the overall dimensions. A > small flock of red breasted mergansers arrived as I watched this duck, and > I noted that they were as large or slightly larger than it (though it was > distinctly larger than the buffleheads closer to shore. I spent some time > looking through Peterson to see if there was anything else that it could > possibly be, but nothing had the white patch, head shape, size, etc." > > *********** > > You received this message because you are subscribed to eBird's Needs > Alert for Tompkins > > Manage your eBird alert subscriptions: > http://ebird.org/ebird/alerts > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
