Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999
From: Laurie Larson
To: NJ Birds Mailing list
Subject: Possible Pacific Loon, 4/12/99, Barnegat
I'm forwarding these messages as received. Thanks, Jeff and Jennifer, for the info. Also, please correct the date of the Long Branch bird count to 1/1/2000 in the list I sent yesterday.
-LL
"HOPKINS,JEFFREY A." wrote: > > Laurie: > > Yesterday (12/4) AM, I saw what I believe to be a Pacific Loon offshore at > Barnegat Light opposite the 23rd St. Beach access. I've just submitted a > report via email to the records comittee (i.e. you), but I thought I'd let > you know so you can get others out there looking to verify the sighting. > > By the way, the female tufted duck was at Old Sam's Pond at about 10 AM, in > the company of two female scaup. It was seen well by several observers. > > Jeff Hopkins > Whitehall, PA > hopkinja@apci.com Jennifer Hanson wrote: > > Hi Laurie, > > Leif Austad and I went to see the Tufted Duck today, 12/4. We found it on > Old Sam's Pond, keeping company with a couple of scaup. We watched it from > various angles for around 45 minutes; when we left it was just about noon.