Yesterday an hour before dusk I was able to clearly see the lovely hybrid cinnamon teal and it's companions on my way to Fairport. Thanks to Dave & Chris for descriptions of why it's a hybrid. Donna Scott Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 5, 2015, at 10:51 PM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@mac.com> wrote: > > On our way to Montezuma today, Ann Mitchell & I stopped at Myers Point, Long > Point SP, the Lake Rd bluffs south of Aurora, the Wells College Boathouse, > the Mackenzie-Childs bluffs north of Aurora, and Frontenac Park and the Mill > Pond in Union Springs, plus Sheldrake on our retern trip. Highlights included: > > * 3 female WOOD DUCKS on Mill Pond as Fritzie reported > * several male & female BUFFLEHEADS on Mill pond, ditto > * a few AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS and a few MALLARDS various places > * a few GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the Mill Pond > * a male REDHEAD on the Mill Pond > * 3 female COMMON GOLDENEYE below M-C bluffs > * 3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS flying south past Long Point > * a male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER off Payne's Cr better from the Lake Rd bluff > than Wells boathouse > * 2 female COMMON MERGANSERS together at Myers > * 20 female RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS at M-C bluffs, some in a flock below, > some in a flock flying past > * 1 RED-THROATED LOON north of Myers, which inconveniently was no longer > visible when Jay & Livia showed up > * many COMMON LOONS on the lake (except Frontenac, which was rather a bust), > from a scattered few at Myers, Long Point, and Sheldrake, to 150 in a narrow > view from the Lake Rd bluff, to 496 which Ann counted in a single scope sweep > from M-C bluffs > * 3 separate HORNED GREBES from Long Point and 2 close together from Wells > boathouse > * single RED-NECKED GREBES from Myers, Long Point, and M-C bluffs > * a tight flock of 60 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS swimming far off the park at > Sheldrake Point > > There were also many CEDAR WAXWINGS foraging around the entrance to Myers and > drinking from a roadside puddle. > > There are still a few shorebirds at the Montezuma NWR Visitor Center, > including > * a LESSER YELLOWLEGS > * 21 DUNLIN > * 11 DOWITCHERS, presumed Long-billed > > And there are still scads of ducks on the Main Pool at Montezuma NWR, mainly > dabblers and Ring-necked, and on Larue's Lagoon the famous reddish-brown teal > with its 2 female BLUE-WINGED TEAL companions. Today I had a much better view > than on Sunday because the bird was closer, I wasn't fighting wind vibration > or weeds in the way, and the clouds made the sunlight from behind us diffuse > for very even lighting. Today I was able to see more dark speckling on the > sides of this bird, and a wider dark area behind the eye than I saw before. > These marks, along with the pale area where a male Blue-winged Teal has a > white hip patch, the pale forward part of the face, and the overall > less-than-saturated color seem to indicate that the bird is a hybrid > BLUE-WINGED x CINNAMON TEAL. > --Dave Nutter > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to 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/ --
