[SBB] Tufted Duck (Salt Pond A2W)

[Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]>]

Folks:

This afternoon, 3/2/2005, I stopped by Salt Pond A2W, parking in the 
Shoreline GC parking lot, to look for the TUFTED DUCK  that has been seen 
in recent months.   My efforts were assisted materially by Rich Page and Al 
Dieckman (?) who had been watching the male in the southeast corner of the 
salt pond.  I walked to the southeast corner along the bike path and found 
the male resting near the second (further east) catwalk.  Later it foraged 
a bit.  I also had three male EURASIAN WIGEON between the two catwalks and 
further west I had two males and a female.  I found only two REDHEAD in the 
southwest corner, but Rich and Al said they had five on the east side.  The 
present male Tufted Duck has a tuft that in the wind blows back and touches 
his upper back--pretty impressive.  For what it's worth, the sleeping male 
I watched in A1 on the Palo Alto CBC in December had only a vestigial tuft 
as far as I could tell.  I don't know what is typical for molt in this species.

Bill

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