Robert Ake of Norfolk, VA, asked me to post his report, below, of the 
male Tufted Duck continuing in the cove by the Holiday Inn Express, 
Kent Narrows, in Queen Anne's County. The report is from the morning 
of Thursday, March 25.

Bob is doing a "Big Year" in the ABA area this year, and we are happy 
that a Virginian has been able to get one of his really good birds in 
The Free State of Maryland.  The URL for his Big Year blog is given below.

Mike Bowen
Bethesda, MD

Bob's report follows:

  Mike, We got the Tufted Duck yesterday a bit after 10am. It was 
swimming with the mixed scaup group. The initial sighting was 
directly into the morning sun. So we moved around along the access 
road to where the angle was much better. I got a few pictures. Tufty 
was diving a lot and when not diving was preening. See the blog for 
the two pics I posted. Feel free to post this info to MDOsprey if you wish.
    Thanks for your help.

Bob

Robert L. Ake
6603 Catherine Street
Norfolk VA 23505

I'm doing an ABA Big Year in 2010 - If you'd like to follow along, my 
blog is at <http://bobsbirds.blogspot.com/>http://bobsbirds.blogspot.com/



D.H. Michael Bowen
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda, MD  20817
Telephone: (301) 530-5764
e-mail:  dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom

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