Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 18:25:16 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Allan Haury Subject: Re: Re Tufted Duck AND Ring-Necked MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Charlie, On the DeLorme map, go to page 47, Zone D3. Look for "East Potomac Park right at the edge of the page. The South end of the park is Hains Point. The water to the East of the park is the Washington Channel, as marked. Ft. McNair is directly opposite the park across Washington Channel and is marked by a dark outline. You will see "Ft. McNair" printed there. You really should get an ADC map of Washington D.C. to get the details and find the best route to get there. Hope you make it back there and find the bird. Al Haury cactuswren@erols.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie" To: Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 11:11 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Re Tufted Duck AND Ring-Necked > Hi folks, > > I tried Wednesday for the Tufted Duck with no > luck. Got there in the afternoon, and the Scaup, > though numerous, were pretty spread out. I did > have 2 Redheads, ~25 Canvasbacks, ~6 Greater > Scaup, 3 Common Mergs, ~6 Red-breasted Mergs. > > Where are Hains Point and Fort McNair? I just > drove up and down the Mt Vernon Pkwy and got out > at every spot I could see the river. But I > couldn't locate these 2 spots on my DeLorma map. > Am I just missing them? Or do they have aliases? > > Charlie > > --- Allan Haury wrote: > > Gail Frantz and Dot Gustafson of Baltimore, Les > > Roscund of Talbot, Janet > > Millenson, Jean Lacerte and Jane Farber (excuse > > me if I mis-spelled any > > names) and I were also at Hains Point at 11:45 > > a.m. today and found the > > Tufted Duck in a fair size flock of Scaup off > > the South end of the Ft. > > McNair facility, not against the seawall. This > > location is probably the > > result of a white pick-up truck on its side > > over the edge of the seawall in > > the location where the duck had been found in > > the last few days. According > > to one of our group, there had been a lot of > > activity around the truck a > > little earlier, including a fireboat which > > undoubtedly flushed the ducks. > > There was a small group of Lesser Scaup (and > > not the Tufted) about 100+ > > yards South of the white truck. > > > > Even though the view was a long distance one, > > the tuft was quite prominent, > > easily seen at 20x. The bird was "sleeping" > > which made the tuft stick almost > > straight up like a flag. > > > > Al Haury > > cactuswren@erols.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tom Stock" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 7:24 PM > > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Tufted Duck AND > > Ring-Necked > > > > > > > Peter Vankevich wrote: >>>>Went down at > > lunch to Haines Point today Wed. > > > Feb. 16 > > > and did see both the Tufted Duck and a male > > Ring-necked in > > > with the many scaup and dozen-plus > > Canvasbacks. We viewed them agains the > > wall > > > of Ft. McNair with a 30x scope. The Tufted > > Duck > > > was identified by the black back and > > feather(s) coming out > > > of the middle of its head while resting. The > > Ring-necked > > > had a clear crescent sparating the black > > breast and very dark back. Three > > > other birders present, Gene DeAnna, Bob Stock > > and, I believe, Dave > > > Cohen all noted the same diagnostics. >>>>> > > > > > > Actually, it's Tom Stock, but who am I to > > care with a new North American > > lifer > > > under my belt!!! (Years ago, I saw lots of > > Tufted Ducks in England, but > > none > > > were as sweet as this sighting...) > > > > > > The Tufted Duck was very easy to pick out, > > and thanks to Peter and Gene > > for > > > finding the Ring-necked Duck, which provided > > a wonderful comparative > > study. > > > I went down to the Point on my lunch hour via > > cab (I'm a Metro commuter), > > > but without my scope. Luckily, Dave and I > > ran into Peter and Gene, who > > had > > > a scope. Thanks, you guys! I seriously > > doubt I would have found the > > Tufted > > > Duck just using binoculars. And thanks for > > the ride back to the Ellipse, > > too. > > > > > > Tom Stock > > > Silver Spring > > > > > > > > > ======================================================================= > > > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to > > listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > > > with the following message in line 1: signoff > > mdosprey > > > > > > ======================================================================= > > > > > ======================================================================= > > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to > > listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > > with the following message in line 1: signoff > > mdosprey > > > ======================================================================= > > > > ===== > **************************************** > Charlie Muise, Naturalist > Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary > Maryland, USA > "The English country gentleman galloping after a fox > - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable" > (Oscar Wilde) > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! 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