Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:02:35 -0500 Reply-To: bteetz@home.com Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bill Teetz Subject: Tufted Duck Comments: To: "Va-Bird List (E-mail)" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My son and I drove to Ft McNair this afternoon and found the Tufted Duck in a flock of Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Ducks and Ring Billed Ducks at the extreme south end of the fort. We also saw Buffleheads in another flock. We were able to enter the fort because I'm retired Navy, but another couple was denied access. They saw him from the marina next door to Ft McNair. I understand that access is limited on the weekend, but may be more open during the week. I suspect that tomorrow (Monday) will be treated like a weekend since it is a federal holiday. We saw the Tufted Duck between 12:30 and 1:00PM (that's 1230-1300 for other retired Navy types.) He came in close to shore on two occasions, but seemed to shy away from people when they approached the shore. I am rather new to listing, etc., but I have a question that some may consider off topic. Why is the Tufted Duck considered a sighting and the Ruddy Shelduck that some have seen at Hains Point thought to be an escapee since both are listed as Eurasian Species (at least in my Peterson's?) By the way we did not see this duck. Bill Teetz Woodbridge, VA ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================