[cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck - Ithaca

[Riley, Mike]

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!

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[cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck, Ithaca

[Jay McGowan]

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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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck, Ithaca Yacht Club

[Jay McGowan]

All,
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 jw...@cornell.edu wrote:

 A male TUFTED DUCK was found this morning by Tim Lenz just offshore from
 the Ithaca Yacht Club on Glenwood Road off of Rt. 89 in the town of
 Ulysses, Tompkins County, west shore of Cayuga Lake. Good numbers of Aythya
 and mergansers were also present both north and south of the point, and
 good views of the ice edge to both the north and the south were possible.
 Other highlights from this spot this morning were at least 29 RED-NECKED
 GREBES, 3 HORNED GREBES, 2 RED-THROATED LOONS (one adult and one immature),
 9 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, well over 100 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, a male
 RING-NECKED DUCK x SCAUP HYBRID, as well as the usual five Aythya and other
 expected waterfowl.

 While the Tufted was an adult male and is almost certainly the same that
 has been around since January, I never saw a very long tuft on this bird,
 only a bit of a spiky crest. Compared to many of my looks at the bird off
 Hog Hole in January and at Myers last week where the long, drooping tuft
 was almost always visible, this bird seemed to have a much shorter crest.
 Still, it was diving a lot, so it may have just been slicked back and not
 showing the full extent of the feathers. Nevertheless, it's worth keeping
 on eye on this bird and continuing to check around Myers in the event that
 there are two different birds on the lake. Other than the apparent smaller
 crest, I didn't see any evidence that this morning's bird could be a hybrid.

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 Jay McGowan
 Macaulay Library
 Cornell Lab of Ornithology
 jw...@cornell.edu




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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck, Ithaca Yacht Club

[david nicosia]

Thanks to the timely CayugaRBA I was able to get down to the Ithaca Yacht Club 
this afternoon soon after the TUFTED DUCK was seen. This is why I strongly feel 
folks should report rare birds as soon as possible so that others can enjoy. 
I was up birding around Myer's Point, and Ladoga with my friend Dan Watkins 
when the TUDU was reported. There was a lot more ice around these areas than on 
Saturday. The small open water hole in the ice off Ladoga where Jay originally 
found the TUFTED DUCK the other day was nearly void of Aythya species and 
really didn't have much more than a few COMMON MERGANSERS, GOLDENEYES etc this 
morning. There were much less waterfowl in general at Myer's than on Saturday. 
We did get the 2 SURF SCOTERS and 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS seen yesterday which 
were target birds. There was also one HORNED GREBE. Otherwise nothing different 
than what has been seen recently. 
We arrived at the Yacht Club around 1245 pm and the TUFTED DUCK was still very 
close to the shore. I got some nice photos and a short video
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157651066408666/
As you can see in the photos the bird's tuft was not long and much more spiky 
as Jay mentions below. The bird was actively diving.
Thanks again for the timely rare bird alert!!!  Dave Nicosia 
   From: Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu
 To: Cayugabirds-L Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu 
Cc: nysbird...@cornell.edu nysbird...@cornell.edu 
 Sent: Monday, March 2, 2015 12:30 PM
 Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck, Ithaca Yacht Club
   
A male TUFTED DUCK was found this morning by Tim Lenz just offshore from the 
Ithaca Yacht Club on Glenwood Road off of Rt. 89 in the town of Ulysses, 
Tompkins County, west shore of Cayuga Lake. Good numbers of Aythya and 
mergansers were also present both north and south of the point, and good views 
of the ice edge to both the north and the south were possible. Other highlights 
from this spot this morning were at least 29 RED-NECKED GREBES, 3 HORNED 
GREBES, 2 RED-THROATED LOONS (one adult and one immature), 9 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 
well over 100 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, a male RING-NECKED DUCK x SCAUP HYBRID, 
as well as the usual five Aythya and other expected waterfowl.
While the Tufted was an adult male and is almost certainly the same that has 
been around since January, I never saw a very long tuft on this bird, only a 
bit of a spiky crest. Compared to many of my looks at the bird off Hog Hole in 
January and at Myers last week where the long, drooping tuft was almost always 
visible, this bird seemed to have a much shorter crest. Still, it was diving a 
lot, so it may have just been slicked back and not showing the full extent of 
the feathers. Nevertheless, it's worth keeping on eye on this bird and 
continuing to check around Myers in the event that there are two different 
birds on the lake. Other than the apparent smaller crest, I didn't see any 
evidence that this morning's bird could be a hybrid.
Full list here:http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22142162


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Macaulay Library
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
jw...@cornell.edu
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