Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: [OBOL] tufted duck in Vancouver today
Date: Jan 8 17:48:17 2012
From: Lyn Topinka - pointers at pacifier.com
Forwarded from OBOL ...
>Subject: [OBOL] tufted duck in Vancouver today
>
>We looked for the tufted duck where Randy Hill saw it
>yesterday. Too foggy at 1 PM, but we succeeded at 4 PM. There was
>a lot of human activity and there were no ducks off of Randy's cove
>initially, but several flew in before long. The tufted duck's clean
>white sides and black back were evident. He was feeding actively
>initially and the tufts were hard to see. When he stopped for a
>while and perhaps after his head had time to dry a bit, the tufts
>became more obvious. He was near a male Barrow's and 3-4 female
>goldeneyes and in the general vicinity of a few scaup.
>
>Some additional directions that may help:
>
>Turn south off of SE Columbia Way when you see the big post that
>says Marine Park. Follow the road around toward the boat ramp and
>park in the lot near the water. The birds were out from the cove
>where two large white yachts were moored; this must be the cove that
>Randy mentioned yesterday.
>
>There was a red-breasted sapsucker in the trees along the water.
>
>We are not signed up to post to Tweeters and so someone might post
>this for us.
>
>Jan and Will Risser, Portland
Lyn Topinka
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