Re:[cayugabirds-l] hybrid ducks; Glaucous Gull

2015-01-25 Thread Jay McGowan
All, I still have not succeeded in crossing paths with the Redhead x Ring-necked Duck hybrid floating around in the Aythya flocks at the south end (although Chris and Jessie saw it briefly off East Shore yesterday morning), but I did finally see not one but two different Ring-necked Duck x scaup

[cayugabirds-l] hybrid ducks; Glaucous Gull

2015-01-21 Thread Jay McGowan
We also checked for the Tufted Duck this morning but were rebuffed by the misty, shimmery lake. The female BLACK SCOTER was visible out with the mergansers in the southwest corner of the lake, but the Aythya flocks were too distant to scan with much confidence. Aythya watchers looking for the