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I reported a female Surf Scoter near the dam at Caesar Creek. I got a good
look at the bird through a good scope in good light. After sorting through
the field marks and consulting Sibley, I was confident of the
identification. Later I found that Bob Foppe had entered a White-winged
Scoter sighting from the same location at about the same time. Now I know
Bob to be a careful and knowledgeable observer, so I reconsidered my
identification, but thought there was no need to change it. Then Larry
Gara called me to say that Jim Hickman had seen a scoter at the same
location and clearly seen the white secondaries when the bird waved its
wings. That, of course, is incontrovertible.
There is always the two-bird hypothesis, but I have never liked that dodge.
In the circumstances I think I must withdraw my report. Sorry 'bout that.
Cheers,
Bob
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Robert D Powell
Congress Farm Research Institute
Wilmington, OH, USA
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