Hello Bruce,
After we got back yesterday not seeing the Tufted Duck,we figured out this
bird would be best seeing on an incomming tide ore outgoing tide. Since the
party on Saturday found this bird at 2,30 PM and high tide is at 4.30 Pm
there saw this bird on an incommig tide. You did not found it on a high
tide than tody it was high tide at 5.10 AM and you saw the male Tufted Duck
at 9.30 on an outgoing tide. We was never in doubt of this sighting as we
also saw a big flock of Scoups way out in the bay,to far to identify.
I already have three sightings of the Tufted Duck,but still like to see
this bird again in Grays Harbor.
I notice on Sunday morning there was verry few Duck species on the ponds
and and it seems the Tide was way out.I thank you for posting the sighting,
and hope this bird will stay around.A verry good finding ,again for Grays
Harbor.

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma
godwit at worldnet.att.net

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> From: Bruce & Michele <stump at techline.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Cc: birdman at techline.com; tpsisson at ptinet.net
> Subject: tufted duck IS relocated
> Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 10:08 AM
>
> If at first you don't succeed...
>
> Found the Tufted Duck at 9:30 am this morning. It was in the flock of
> scaups on the SE corner of the pond. This flock seemed to be MIA
yesterday.
>
> Bruce Fischer
> Aberdeen, WA
> stump at techline.com