Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal
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 dianegmor...@gmail.com 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 -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/!* -- -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal
At East Shore park now. -- Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal
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 chris.w...@cornell.edu wrote: At East Shore park now. -- Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/!* -- -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal
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 -- 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/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal, George Road
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 jw...@cornell.edu 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 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Eurasian Green-winged Teal, George Road
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 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
