[Birdnet] 11Nov07-Lakefront: 14 Long-tailed Duck

[Tim Avery]

I headed out to the causeway this morning to see what might get stirred up with
the winds.  Nothing new of note.  On the way out, around 100 BONAPARTE'S GULLS
were observed along the north side of the causeway between MM2-4.  The MARBLED
GODWIT reported by others was in the same general area as well.

Perhaps the biggest surprise was a group of 10 LONG-TAILED DUCKS at the last
bridge when I arrived including 5 adult males with tail plumes):

http://timaverybirding.com/photos/nove07/ltdu_00.jpg

I conducted a lakewatch from the bridge between 8:35-11:55am.  On the west side
of the causeway here were 2 more Long-tailed Ducks, another male and a female. 
During the count, yet another male, and another female flew by.  I was able to
catch a shot of the male that flew past:

http://timaverybirding.com/photos/nove07/ltdu_10.

A few more shots of these birds:

http://timaverybirding.com/photos/nove07/ltdu_07.jpg
http://timaverybirding.com/photos/nove07/ltdu_08.jpg
http://timaverybirding.com/photos/nove07/ltdu_09.jpg
http://timaverybirding.com/photos/nove07/ltdu_11.jpg
http://timaverybirding.com/photos/nove07/ltdu_12.jpg

Below is a complete list of species seen and total numbers of individuals (only
birds tallied at the bridge, not along the entire causeway)

Number of species:     19

 Northern Shoveler - 65
 Northern Pintail - 14
 GREATER SCAUP - 1 (a flyby in the last 1/2 hour)
 Lesser Scaup -  3
 SURF SCOTER - 2 (appeared to be 1 juv. and 1 adult female)
 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER - 1
 dark-winged scoter sp. - 1 (flyby in 1st hour, too far out for positive ID)
 LONG-TAILED DUCK - 14
 Bufflehead - 1
 Common Goldeneye - 247
 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER - 1 (obviously a little confused)
 Ruddy Duck - 3
 Eared Grebe - 3000
 Bonaparte's Gull - 20
 Ring-billed Gull - 4
 California Gull - 27
 Herring Gull - 14
 Common Raven - 1
 American Pipit - 4

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Cheers

Tim
Salt Lake City, UT
tanager at timaverybirding.com
http://www.timaverybirding.com
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