s30986u@kaira.hut.fi (Martin Helin) (10/31/89)
This might interest many of you on the other side of the Atlantic, too : A Hooded Mergamser (Mergus/L. cucullatus) was found on the 29th of Oct. in Naantali, SW Finland. This marvelous adult male was still present on the next day. This is the second observation of this Nearctic vagrant in Finland the first being also a male last spring (1989) in Oulu. No sign of the bird being an escape was found. Martin Martin Helin Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Internet : mhe@otax.hut.fi UUCP : mhe@otax.UUCP s30986u@kaira.hut.fi s30986u@kaira.UUCP