Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal

[Jay McGowan]

Indeed, the side stripe stands out dramatically! Just to clarify, that list
with photos was from last weekend up close to Mud Lock. By the time we saw
the one you guys found, it was quite distant, so today's photo was far from
what I would consider nice:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17652294
Great find, though. It's great that people are becoming more aware about
this very rare but apparently regular visitor here. If folks are interested
(and haven't seen them already), here is a photo of the Eurasian Teal Tim
Lenz found a few weeks ago at the south end of Seneca Lake:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17176812
And here are Chris Wood's photos of the one he found at East Shore Park
last weekend:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17546890

And while we're at it, might as well throw in a quick recap of other Common
Teal in the Basin. First I know of, in 2004:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S6205893
Then in 2007, same spot:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S7626536
And 2011:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S7862853
One at Montezuma also in 2011:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S7962765
One at Mud Lock in 2012 (even worse photo than today...):
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10134994
And finally, an intergrade (similar to today's bird) in 2011:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S7962813


On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Diane Morton wrote:

> Thanks, Jay, for checking out this bird.  We were so struck by the
> horizontal white stripe that we had not considered the hybrid. We missed
> the faint vertical stripe that your nice picture shows.
>
> Diane
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Jay McGowan  wrote:
>
>> We are there now. The bird is farther out, with a group of other
>> Green-winged Teal along the edge of the ice in amongst Aythya. It appears
>> to be a EURASIAN X AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL--bold white horizontal
>> shoulder stripe as in Eurasian but with a faint trace of the vertical
>> shoulder stripe, often not visible. Very much like (if not the same bird)
>> Livia and I found last week at the north end:
>> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17555304
>>
>> Jay
>> On Mar 29, 2014 2:33 PM, "Diane Morton"  wrote:
>>
>>>  A wide variety of birds at Frontenac Park in Union Springs, including
>>> one Eurasian Green-winged Teal among the American Green-winged
>>> Teal.  looking north, not too far off shore.
>>>
>>> Diane Morton
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal

[Diane Morton]

Thanks, Jay, for checking out this bird.  We were so struck by the
horizontal white stripe that we had not considered the hybrid. We missed
the faint vertical stripe that your nice picture shows.

Diane


On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Jay McGowan  wrote:

> We are there now. The bird is farther out, with a group of other
> Green-winged Teal along the edge of the ice in amongst Aythya. It appears
> to be a EURASIAN X AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL--bold white horizontal
> shoulder stripe as in Eurasian but with a faint trace of the vertical
> shoulder stripe, often not visible. Very much like (if not the same bird)
> Livia and I found last week at the north end:
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17555304
>
> Jay
> On Mar 29, 2014 2:33 PM, "Diane Morton"  wrote:
>
>> A wide variety of birds at Frontenac Park in Union Springs, including one
>> Eurasian Green-winged Teal among the American Green-winged Teal.  looking
>> north, not too far off shore.
>>
>> Diane Morton
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal

[Jay McGowan]

We are there now. The bird is farther out, with a group of other
Green-winged Teal along the edge of the ice in amongst Aythya. It appears
to be a EURASIAN X AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL--bold white horizontal
shoulder stripe as in Eurasian but with a faint trace of the vertical
shoulder stripe, often not visible. Very much like (if not the same bird)
Livia and I found last week at the north end:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17555304

Jay
On Mar 29, 2014 2:33 PM, "Diane Morton"  wrote:

> A wide variety of birds at Frontenac Park in Union Springs, including one
> Eurasian Green-winged Teal among the American Green-winged Teal.  looking
> north, not too far off shore.
>
> Diane Morton
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[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal

[Diane Morton]

A wide variety of birds at Frontenac Park in Union Springs, including one
Eurasian Green-winged Teal among the American Green-winged Teal.  looking
north, not too far off shore.

Diane Morton

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal

[Jay McGowan]

Livia and I just found a EURASIAN X AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL intergrade
off the Towpath Machine Shop in Cayuga, south of Mud Lock.

Jay
On Mar 22, 2014 9:25 AM, "Christopher Wood"  wrote:

> At East Shore park now.
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[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal

[Christopher Wood]

At East Shore park now.

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[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal, Watkins Glen

[Jay McGowan]

Found by Tim Lenz a little while ago, a male EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL is
currently hanging around with a couple of American Green-winged and other
ducks and geese at the SW corner of Seneca Lake, viewed from the pulloff
just east of Watkins Glen or from the park at the south end.

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[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal

[Jay McGowan]

Brad and I are watching a EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL with a bunch of
Americans on the shore across the lake from the Cayuga Marina at Mud Lock.

Jay McGowan

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal, George Road

[Jay McGowan]

By the way, I was not able to find the Common Teal yesterday morning.
The teal numbers were way down from a few days ago (about 15 instead
of close to 80), but a lot of water had opened up on the east end
where there is a lot of vegetation, and a lot of the dabblers were in
there, so I could easily have missed it.  I will try to check later
today and will report if I refind it.  Not too many other new ducks,
either.  I have seen a Tundra Swan on and off at Dryden Lake, and I
saw a single TREE SWALLOW there yesterday.

This morning we had 7 FOX SPARROWS under the feeders, digging little
holes in the snow which the other sparrows, Song and American Tree,
were taking over occasionally.

Jay McGowan
Beam Hill (for a few more weeks)
Dryden, NY

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Jay McGowan  wrote:
> The teal was still there when I left at 9:45.  All the ducks took
> flight shortly after I posted, but luckily almost all of them settled
> in again after a few minutes.  When I left, the best viewing was from
> Rt. 38 at Hart Road, where you can pull off on the north side or park
> on Hart Road and scope from there.  Most of the birds were along the
> shore in the open water there, though when I first found it, the
> majority of the birds were closer to George Road.  In the afternoon
> when the light has shifted, viewing might be better from George Road.
>
> As I mentioned before, Common Teal is currently considered a
> subspecies of Green-winged Teal, but it is still a very rare bird
> around here and could well be split before long.  They are common in
> the Old World.  I have found this form twice before at George Road,
> first on 5 March 2004, when the birds  was present for a few days and
> then refound (presumably the same bird?) on April 25; then I found one
> there again on 27 March 2007.
>
> Although it might not stand out if you're not looking for it, this
> subspecies is pretty distinctive.  The most obvious character is that
> instead of having the small white vertical shoulder bar of our
> American subspecies, it has a long, bold horizontal white bar along
> the side where the wing folds.  American Green-wingeds can show some
> white in this area too, but it is never as bold as on Eurasian (and
> Eurasian lacks the vertical shoulder bar.)  Other less obvious
> characters include bolder pale edges on the face (the green mask has
> bright gold edges) and a white (not buff) wing-stripe (haven't seen
> today's bird in flight yet.)
>
> Here are a few pictures I got this morning.  No matter where you look
> from the ducks are a little distant, so they're not great, but you can
> get a good sense of it (and even compare with some Americans in some
> shots.)  Scroll on from this photo to see more.
> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-J_DMNrzf5l0piRft4IwHw?feat=directlink
>
> Other new arrivals at George Road were a male Bufflehead and a second
> female Redhead.
>
> I will post updates in the coming days if this bird sticks around.
> Good luck if you try for it!
>
> Jay McGowan
> Dryden, NY
>

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal, George Road

[Jay McGowan]

The teal was still there when I left at 9:45.  All the ducks took
flight shortly after I posted, but luckily almost all of them settled
in again after a few minutes.  When I left, the best viewing was from
Rt. 38 at Hart Road, where you can pull off on the north side or park
on Hart Road and scope from there.  Most of the birds were along the
shore in the open water there, though when I first found it, the
majority of the birds were closer to George Road.  In the afternoon
when the light has shifted, viewing might be better from George Road.

As I mentioned before, Common Teal is currently considered a
subspecies of Green-winged Teal, but it is still a very rare bird
around here and could well be split before long.  They are common in
the Old World.  I have found this form twice before at George Road,
first on 5 March 2004, when the birds  was present for a few days and
then refound (presumably the same bird?) on April 25; then I found one
there again on 27 March 2007.

Although it might not stand out if you're not looking for it, this
subspecies is pretty distinctive.  The most obvious character is that
instead of having the small white vertical shoulder bar of our
American subspecies, it has a long, bold horizontal white bar along
the side where the wing folds.  American Green-wingeds can show some
white in this area too, but it is never as bold as on Eurasian (and
Eurasian lacks the vertical shoulder bar.)  Other less obvious
characters include bolder pale edges on the face (the green mask has
bright gold edges) and a white (not buff) wing-stripe (haven't seen
today's bird in flight yet.)

Here are a few pictures I got this morning.  No matter where you look
from the ducks are a little distant, so they're not great, but you can
get a good sense of it (and even compare with some Americans in some
shots.)  Scroll on from this photo to see more.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-J_DMNrzf5l0piRft4IwHw?feat=directlink

Other new arrivals at George Road were a male Bufflehead and a second
female Redhead.

I will post updates in the coming days if this bird sticks around.
Good luck if you try for it!

Jay McGowan
Dryden, NY

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