Loved it! Thanks so much. Judy Thurber Liverpool Sent from my iPad
> On Mar 7, 2015, at 5:14 PM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > > Two points of potential interest about Tufted Ducks, in addition to the fact > that the short-tufted male continues (as late as 3:30pm) close to the point > at the Ithaca Yacht Club: > > I did not see the Tufted Duck in the Ladoga area but I am told that on 22 > February it was seen to have a normal long tuft. Did other observers see > this? Does anybody have photos which might argue for this being the same bird > having lost tuft feathers or for it being a different bird based on some > other characteristics, such as bill markings? > > If you are interested in the species in its native climes, albeit not a > totally natural situation, below is a link to a half-hour movie, 50 or more > years old, from Sweden, which Stefhan Ohlström sent me. The movie is in > black-and-white, which works fine for this species, and the narration, > without subtitles, is in Swedish, but this also doesn't matter a whole lot if > you don't listen Swedish, as the plot is pretty obvious. I will explain the > title, "Viggen Viggo". You may have heard of the actor, Viggo Mortensen, who > my wife Laurie tells me is an Upstate New Yorker of Danish heritage. "Viggo" > is just a Scandinavian first name. But Vigg is the common Swedish name for > _Aythya fuligula_, what we call Tufted Duck. The suffix "-en" is the Swedish > way of indicating the article "the". So the title means, "Viggo the Tufted > Duck," but of course it is more cute in Swedish. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YiJ0b_3H-k > --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/ --
