[TN-Bird] FWD: Tufted Duck in W-S

From: kde@xxxxxxx
To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:26:42 -0500 (EST)
See the note below forwarded from the CarolinaBird listserv.

FYI, Winston-Salem is about a 3.5 - 4 hr drive from Knoxville
on I-40 (a little over 250 miles).

There is more information including directions in other postings
which you should be able to find from

http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CARO.html

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN


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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:29:26 -0500
From: John Haire
To: Carolinabirds
     Forsythbirds 
Subject: Tufted Duck in W-S

Hop Hopkins found an apparent Tufted Duck this afternoon at Archie Elledge
Water Treatment Plant on Griffith Road in Winston-Salem.  Other birders
(David and Susan Disher, Rob Rogers, Gene Schepker and Lois Schneider, and
I) also got to see the bird before closing time.  The tuft is quite short,
but is clearly visible.  The sides are pure white.  My recollection is that
the back is pure black, although it does show gray shading in some of the
photos.  I think this may be an effect of the light and angle of the duck
vs. the sun.  Unlike this bird, the Tufted x Scaup hybrids I have found on
Google seem to have a lot of vermiculation in the back showing the Scaup
heritage.  We are still doing our homework but I thought it would be good to
get the word out.  David's and my photos are posted at the links below.

http://www.pbase.com/disherphotos/tufted_duck

http://picasaweb.google.com/jhemail42/TuftedDuck?feat=directlink


Good birding,

John Haire
Winston-Salem



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