This is the second report of a female TUDU at Ft. Smallwood. The first one was only on the Anne Arundel Facebook page and some folks went but were unable to relocate it. That was on January 4.
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Tyler Bell
<jtylerbell...>
California, Maryland
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From: "<jovet...>" <jovet...>
To: <mdbirding...>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 9:15 PM
Subject: [MDBirding] Ft. Smallwood Tufted Duck?
Late this morning Jon Ranson and I believe we found a female tufted duck swimming with a group of scaup at Ft. Smallwood.� The bird had a small tuft on the back of her head, and no white at all on her face.� She was chocolate brown on her wings and back, although it appeared she had a very light frosting of white on her shoulders.� The sides were a lighter brown.� The bill was dark, but some blue was seen with adistinct black tip.� She was feeding close in, maybe 15 feet off the point, when first seen, and she was leading about 8-10 scaup towards a very small inlet.� Jon and I chased the birds to the inlet, where then came within about 3 feet of shore - about 10 feet from us.� Light was excellent at this second spot.� We got got views both with binoculars and scope.�
I tried to get photos with my iphone, and believe I completely failedbut am searching to see if there is anything that I 'saved' <sigh>.�
If� anyone has seen an aberrant scaup female, or if there have been reports of female tufted there - or if anyone confirms this bird, I sure would like a report!
Joanne
Joanne Howl, DVM
<jovet...>
West River, MD
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