cwilliamson@pimacc.pima.edu (05/20/91)
TO: Chuck Williamson
FROM: Joe Morlan
SUBJECT: Tufted Duck
JS> On the subject of late rare bird reports. I'm curious just how rare
JS> tufted duck is in California. I was there last march (that's march
JS> of 1990 :-), and while wandering through Golden Gate Park (the long
JS> thin one with all the lakes?) I positively id'ed a pair - male and
JS> female - in the donut shaped boating lake. They were in a small
JS> flock of ring-necked ducks, and came up to me begging for handouts.
JS> I assumed that this was unusual, but not extremely so. I've usually
JS> had bad luck spotting anything but the most common birds. Lately
JS> though I've been reading several CA birding books (we're going again
JS> in July) and the tufted duck is reported in "one was seen in 1979..."
JS> terms, which makes me think my sighting was a lot more unusual.
A male Tufted Duck was seen at Stowe Lake during the period you describe. The
female is probably the same individual seen with the male at the old Sutro Bath
ruins.
-= Joe Morlan =- Saturday, May 18, 1991 at 10:47 am, Albany, CA
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In article <1991May20.000309.6080@pimacc.pima.edu> cwilliamson@pimacc.pima.edu writes: > >TO: Chuck Williamson >FROM: Joe Morlan >SUBJECT: Tufted Duck > > JS> On the subject of late rare bird reports. I'm curious just how rare > JS> tufted duck is in California. I was there last march (that's march A > >A male Tufted Duck was seen at Stowe Lake during the period you describe. The >female is probably the same individual seen with the male at the old Sutro Bath > >-= Joe Morlan =- Saturday, May 18, 1991 at 10:47 am, Albany, CA I can't speak for other areas of California but several Tuffted Ducks were reported on the Los Angeles hotline this year. I dont remember the time frame for sure either, but I may still have the rports on file if you are interested in time and place. Sid Johnson Jet Propulsion Lab Pasadena, Calif sid@jato.jpl.nasa.gov