Re: [cayugabirds-l] TUFTED DUCK refound 0830 Tues, search tactics, plus another cool duck

2015-01-20 Thread David Nicosia 
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 updates on this bird on Cayuga RBA. Thanks to Jay for
dealing with all the horrible issues and getting it back on-line in time
for this great bird  This looks to be fun and challenging. It would be
a life bird for me.

Thanks
Dave Nicosia


On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Dave Nutter  wrote:

> 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 this is the THIRD winter that presumably
> the same individual has joined the many thousand Redheads here at the south
> end of Cayuga Lake.
>
> Also I answered mainly about field marks, and I realize that Carol was
> asking about tactics as well. I agree that looking carefully at the margins
> of a flock is a good plan for finding rarities in general and this bird in
> particular. When I saw it, it slept on the margin toward the shore on
> Sunday, on Saturday it fed on margins of the Redhead flock, and reports I
> saw of Sunday are of similar feeding on the margin as well. There are at
> least two possible explanations for this: First, the extreme gregariousness
> of the main species, Redheads, simply attracts them to each other more
> strongly than between a Redhead and anything else, so nothing else is as
> likely to work its way into the interior of the flock or stay there.
> Second, the chaos of diving birds is harder to keep track of or see except
> at the edges, particularly the near edge.
>
> Another interesting bird in the huge south Cayuga Lake Aythya flock is a
> BLONDE REDHEAD, which I assume is the same bird as seen among the Redheads
> last year. It is leucistic, streaky pale yellowish off-white all over, but
> has the same size shape and behavior as the other Redheads including
> gregariousness. It can give you a sense of how a single bird moves in such
> a flock. I tried to send out an email about it last night but it didn't
> seem to go through. I suspect there are filters somewhere which block
> subject lines including the term "blonde redhead." We'll see if this try is
> any more successful.
>
> --Dave Nutter
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] TUFTED DUCK refound 0830 Tues, search tactics, plus another cool duck

2015-01-20 Thread david nicosia 
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 all the ID help on this listserve...Jay's 
photos and Dave Nutter's comments especially. I also appreciate the updates on 
this bird on Cayuga RBA. Thanks to Jay for dealing with all the horrible issues 
and getting it back on-line in time for this great bird  This looks to be 
fun and challenging. It would be a life bird for me. 

ThanksDave Nicosia  

 

 From: Dave Nutter 
 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L  
 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 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 this is the THIRD winter that presumably the 
same individual has joined the many thousand Redheads here at the south end of 
Cayuga Lake.

Also I answered mainly about field marks, and I realize that Carol was asking 
about tactics as well. I agree that looking carefully at the margins of a flock 
is a good plan for finding rarities in general and this bird in particular. 
When I saw it, it slept on the margin toward the shore on Sunday, on Saturday 
it fed on margins of the Redhead flock, and reports I saw of Sunday are of 
similar feeding on the margin as well. There are at least two possible 
explanations for this: First, the extreme gregariousness of the main species, 
Redheads, simply attracts them to each other more strongly than between a 
Redhead and anything else, so nothing else is as likely to work its way into 
the interior of the flock or stay there. Second, the chaos of diving birds is 
harder to keep track of or see except at the edges, particularly the near edge.

Another interesting bird in the huge south Cayuga Lake Aythya flock is a BLONDE 
REDHEAD, which I assume is the same bird as seen among the Redheads last year. 
It is leucistic, streaky pale yellowish off-white all over, but has the same 
size shape and behavior as the other Redheads including gregariousness. It can 
give you a sense of how a single bird moves in such a flock. I tried to send 
out an email about it last night but it didn't seem to go through. I suspect 
there are filters somewhere which block subject lines including the term 
"blonde redhead." We'll see if this try is any more successful.
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[cayugabirds-l] TUFTED DUCK refound 0830 Tues, search tactics, plus another cool duck

2015-01-20 Thread Dave Nutter 
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 this is the THIRD winter that presumably the 
same individual has joined the many thousand Redheads here at the south end of 
Cayuga Lake.

Also I answered mainly about field marks, and I realize that Carol was asking 
about tactics as well. I agree that looking carefully at the margins of a flock 
is a good plan for finding rarities in general and this bird in particular. 
When I saw it, it slept on the margin toward the shore on Sunday, on Saturday 
it fed on margins of the Redhead flock, and reports I saw of Sunday are of 
similar feeding on the margin as well. There are at least two possible 
explanations for this: First, the extreme gregariousness of the main species, 
Redheads, simply attracts them to each other more strongly than between a 
Redhead and anything else, so nothing else is as likely to work its way into 
the interior of the flock or stay there. Second, the chaos of diving birds is 
harder to keep track of or see except at the edges, particularly the near edge.

Another interesting bird in the huge south Cayuga Lake Aythya flock is a BLONDE 
REDHEAD, which I assume is the same bird as seen among the Redheads last year. 
It is leucistic, streaky pale yellowish off-white all over, but has the same 
size shape and behavior as the other Redheads including gregariousness. It can 
give you a sense of how a single bird moves in such a flock. I tried to send 
out an email about it last night but it didn't seem to go through. I suspect 
there are filters somewhere which block subject lines including the term 
"blonde redhead." We'll see if this try is any more successful.

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