Further information on two species mentioned on today's tape.

--Laurie

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> This morning at 6:15 to 6:30 AM I observed a female TUFTED DUCK
> on Old Sam's Pond aka Lake of the Lillys with about 50 Lesser
> Scaup. A friend of mine claims to have 1st seen the bird on Sat
> the 27th but didn't tell me till last night.
>
> It has a short tuft about 1 inch long, the head and back are dark
> brown with a hint of some light feathers near the base of the
> bill. When compared to the female L. Scaup it was a shade or two
> darker.
>
> The bill was also darker with a complete black tip - not just the
> nail - the lightest part of the bill was next to the black tip
> but I wouldn't consider it a ring.
>
> Old Sam's Pond is in Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean County, N J.
>
> Fred Lesser
> Pine Beach, NJ
> fred.lesser@juno.com
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> Just wanted to let you know that I saw the Solitaire again on
> Saturday - perchance you didn't get any updates - I only saw one
> other birder while I was there and he saw the bird and hopped
> back in his car - But the bird continued the old pattern of
> flying off the phone line and coming back, dropped down to lower
> branches and then down to puddle and back to line, this was at
> about 1:30 PM
>
> Arlene Oley
>