Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula

Recent observations of Tufted Duck in North America.
Alaska
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
Mid February to March 13, 2002	Shuster 2002	Cordova	2	Pair on Eyak River.
British Columbia
Status: Rare year round visitor, most frequently reported during the winter. The majority of records are from coastal areas.
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
December 21, 2001	Hentze 2001	Iona Island	1	First winter male at the outer pond (Nathan Hentze et al.).
November 10-24, 2001	Cowan 2001c, Fenneman 2001	Iona Island	1	Female at the outer pond.
January 10-16, 2001	Gehlen 2001, Cowan 2001a	Vancouver	1	Female at Lost Lagoon, Stanley Park (Calvin Gehlen, m.obs.).
December 1, 2000	Cowan 2001b	Iona Island	1	Immature female at the outer pond (Rick Toochin).
April 7, 2000	BCINTBIRDS (newsgroup)	Williams Lake	1	Male at east end of lake (Phil Ranson).
January 17, 2000	Vancouver RBA	Vancouver	1	Female at Lost Lagoon, Stanley Park (Evelyn Whiteside).
November 1999	Vancouver RBA	Iona Island	1	A female there on November 24 and a male there November 29 (both Rick Toochin).
1999	Vancouver RBA	Vancouver	1	Male at Lost Lagoon, Stanley Park on February 25, and a male there April 5-16.
December 11, 1999	Mark Phinney	Nautley River	1	A bird, thought to be a female Tufted Duck, but possibly an Aythya hybrid, was photographed on March 17, 1999 (Mark Phinney, Nancy Krueger).
California
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
January 11, 2005	Lou 2005b	Sonoma County	1	Viansa Winery wetlands (Rich Stallcup)
January 9, 2005	Lou 2005a	Solano County	1	Lake Chabot,Vallejo (Roger Muskat)
December 12, 2004	Lou 2004j	Marin County	1	South end of Tomales Bay (Martin Meyers)
November 28, 2004	B. Hill 2004b	Santa Cruz County	1	Spring Lakes, Scotts Valley [Tim Amaral)
November 14, 2004	Lou 2004i	Alameda County	2	Male and female at Lake Merritt, Oakland (George Griffeth)
November 7, 2004	B. Hill 2004a	Monterey County	1	Salinas River mouth (Matt Brady)
March 19, 2004	Lou 2004h	Alameda County	1	Lake Merritt (Rich Stallcup)
February 14-21, 2004	Lou 2004f, Lou 2004g	Solano County	1	Lake Chabot, Dan Foley Park (Daniel Gilman et al.)
January 4 to February 3, 2004	Lou 2004a, Lou 2004e	Solano County	1	Male at White Slough Pond, Vallejo (Roger Muscat et al.).
January 18, 2004	Lou 2004d	Yolo County	1	Male along Road 124 (Steve Abbott).
January 16-17, 2004	Lou 2004c	Santa Clara County	1	Shoreline Lake, Mountain View (Pat Kenny et al.)
January 15, 2004	Lou 2004b	Marin County	1	Female at Tomales Bay (Rich Stallcup).
November 20 to Dec 20, 2003	Elias 2003, Lou 2003k	Humboldt County	1	Male in the Arcata area.
December 6-18, 2003	Lou 2003h, Lou 2003j	San Mateo County	1	Redwood Shores (Ron Thorn et al.)
December 14, 2003	Lou 2003i	Marin County	1	Female at Estero Trail, Point Reyes.
December 5, 2003	B. Hill 2003d	Santa Cruz County	1	West Lake Pond (Ryan Terrill)
November 17, 2003	Lou 2003g	Alameda County	1	Male about 1/8 of a mile, north of the Ashby Ave exit, along the frontage road in Berkeley (Bob Power).
November 14, 2003	Lou 2003f	Alameda County	1	Female at Lake Merritt, Oakland (Bob Power).
February 24, 2003	Lou 2003e	Marin County	1	Male near Stinson Beach (George Finger).
February 15-19, 2003	Lou 2003b, Lou 2003c	Napa County	1	Female on a pond along Las Amigas Road (David Hamilton et al.)
February 15, 2003	Lou 2003b	Alameda County	1	Female at Lake Merritt (Joe Morlan)
February 9-15, 2003	Lou 2003b, Lou 2003b	Solano County	1	Lake Chabot, Vallejo (Cindy Lieurance et al.)
December 27, 2002 to February 4, 2003	Withgott 2002b, Withgott 2003c, Lou 2003a	Marin County	1	Adult male at Bolinas Lagoon (Jim White et al.).
January 16-29, 2003	B. Hill 2003b, B. Hill 2003c	Harkins Slough	1	Male
January 5, 2003	Withgott 2003b, B. Hill 2003a	Santa Cruz County	1	Male at West Lake, Santa Cruz (Doug Shaw, Mike Feigner).
November 23, 2002 to January 1, 2003	Withgott 2002a, Withgott 2003a	San Mateo County	1	Male at Leo J. Ryan Park, Foster City (Ron Thorn et al.).
December 31, 2002	Withgott 2003a	Marin County	1	Male at Creekside Park, Corte Madera Creek, Greenbrae (William Legg; Joe Morlan et al.).
January 17 to February 23, 2002	Green 2002a, Green 2002b	Riverside County	1	Male at Lake Perris (Howard King et al.).
January 17 to February 12, 2002	Shaw 2002b, Shaw 2002d	Marin County	1	Male at Las Gallinas ponds.
February 10, 2002	Shaw 2002c	Marin County	1	Bolinas Lagoon.
Winter 2001-2002	B. Hill 2002	Santa Cruz County	1	Last reported at West Lake February 2.
January 8, 2002	Shaw 2002a	Marin County	1	Male at Bolinas Lagoon.
October 11, 2001	Freed 2001	Santa Clara County	1	Male at Palo Alto Baylands near Charleston Slough (Blake Matheson).
2000	N. California BirdBox on BIRDWEST	Alameda County	1	A female was at Lake Merritt in Oakland in early 2000, last reported April 28.
Jan. 9 - Apr. 11, 2000	N. California BirdBox on BIRDWEST	Marin County	1	A male was at Bolinas Lagoon.
April 1, 2000	N. California BirdBox on BIRDWEST	Shasta County	1	An adult male was on the Redding Sewage Ponds.
March 2000	N. California BirdBox on BIRDWEST	Lake County	1	Borax Lake. Last reported March 30. Believed to be the same bird that was on Clear Lake in January 2000.
March 2000	N. California BirdBox on BIRDWEST	Sutter County	1	Male at the Sutter Bypass in March, last reported on March 11.
February 10, 2000	Oregon Birders On Line (newsgroup)	Tule Lake NWR	1	An immature male Tufted Duck was at Sump Lake (Kevin Spencer).
February 6, 2000	N. California BirdBox on BIRDWEST	Mendocino County	1	An adult male was at Lake Mendocino (Matthew Matiessen).
February 4, 2000	N. California BirdBox on BIRDWEST	Yolo County	1	A first year male was at the Yolo Wildlife Area (Steve Hampton).
January 29, 2000	N. California BirdBox on BIRDWEST	Santa Clara County	1	An immature male was at Alviso (Mike Rogers).
January 8-28, 2000	N. California BirdBox on BIRDWEST	Lake County	1	-
November 21, 1999	N. California BirdBox on BIRDWEST	San Rafael	1	A female was at Shoreline Park (Kirk Swenson).
Early 1999	N. California BirdBox on BIRDWEST	San Rafael Area	1	A male was at the Las Gallinas Sanitary Ponds in San Rafael in early 1999, last reported March 27. A male, possibly the same bird, was at nearby Petaluma on March 29 (Dan Nelson).
Colorado
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
March 28, 2000	Colorado RBA on BIRDWEST	Barr Lake State Park	1	Male
December 5, 1999 to March 19, 2000	Colorado RBA on BIRDWEST	Pueblo Reservoir	1	Present in early April, last reported on April 16.
Delaware
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
November 24, 2002 to January 18, 2003	A. Hill 2002, A. Hill 2003, Cordle 2003	Rehoboth Beach	1	Female at Silver Lake
November 17, 2001 to late January 2002	A. Hill 2001, Ednie 2002	Rehoboth Beach	1	Female at Silver Lake
Idaho
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
March 9-27, 2004	Hardy 2004a, Hardy 2004b	Cataldo area	1	Male (Lisa Hardy et al.).
March 20-25, 2003	Hardy 2003a, Hardy 2003b	Cataldo area	1	Male (Lisa Hardy et al.).
December 1996 to January 27, 1997	Dumroese 2003	Twin Falls County	1	Hagerman (Don Morgan et al.). First state record.
Massachusetts
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
January 4 to early February 2003	Volkle 2003b, Volkle 2003c	Westport	1	-
December 2002	Volkle 2003a	West Boylston	1	Gate 25 on the Wachusett Reservoir, last reported in late December.
October 1, 2001 to late March, 2002	Volkle 2001, Volkle 2002c	Worcester County	1	Various ponds, last reported from Flint Pond on the Shrewsbury/Grafton town line.
March 17, 2002	Volkle 2002b	Westport	1	Cockeast Pond
January 4, 2002	Volkle 2002a	Lakeville	1	Female at Lake Assawompsett.
Nebraska
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
January 19, 2002	Padelford 2002	Keith County	1	A male at Lake McConaughy/Lake Ogallala.
December 2, 1999 to April 29, 2000	Nebraska RBA on BIRDWEST	Keith County	1	A male frequented Lake Ogallala and Keystone Lake. This is the first record for Nebraska and one of the very few for the Great Plains.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Status: Rare visitor, most frequently reported during the winter. The majority of records are from the St. John's area. A selection of noteworthy records is shown below.
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
November 2003	Tingley 2003a, Tingley 2003b	St. John's	see notes	Arrived on November 1, up to 6 birds present - Quidi Vidi Lake, November 13.
November 2002	Tingley 2002	St. John's	10	Up to 10 birds present in late November.
November 2001 to March 24, 2002	Tingley 2001, Barrett 2002	St. John's	see notes	Quidi Vidi Lake. Twelve present November 3, with 11 still present in late December, 7 still there March 24.
New Jersey
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
January 31 to February 25, 2003	Larson 2003a, Larson 2003b	Monmouth County	1	Male in the Shrewsbury River at Monmouth Beach/Sea Bright/Lake Takanassee.
January 2002	Larson 2002	Monmouth County	1	Male on the Navesink River near Rumson. Last reported January 27.
New York
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
Early 2004	Dockery 2004	Fairhaven	1	Male present in the vicinity of Fairhaven State Park until at least March 27.
December 14, 2003	Scilingo 2003	Oswego Harbor	1	Male
January 11, 2003	McGuinness 2003	Cooper's Neck Pond	1	Male (Jim Ash, Walter Thomasson)
October 15-26, 2002	DiCostanzo 2002b, DiCostanzo 2002c	Staten Island	1	Immature at Mount Loretto Park.
January 12, 2002	DiCostanzo 2002a	Patchogue	1	Male at Swan Pond.
Ontario
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
March 11, 2002	Overman 2002	Lake Erie	1	Off Hillman Marsh (Al Wormington)
Oregon
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
February 5, 2002	Owen 2002	Redmond	1	Redmond sewage ponds
January 2, 2002	Thornton 2002	Clatsop County	1	Male at Astoria sewage ponds (Todd Thornton). "The bird was easily ID'd in relation to the thin wispy tuft on the back of the rounded head, black mantle with no vermiculation, and a pure white flank. The bird was found roosting on the same aerator (on the second pond) as was the Tufted Duck during the 2001 year. Perhaps it's the same bird...."
May 6, 2000	Oregon Birders On Line (newsgroup)	Deschutes County	1	Adult male at Hatfield Lake (Darlene Philpot et al.). First county record.
March 24, 2000	Oregon Birders On Line (newsgroup)	Columbia Gorge	1	Rufus grain elevators (Jack Alban).
January 13-17, 2000	Oregon Birders On Line (newsgroup)	Clatsop County	1	An immature male was at the Warrenton Sewage Treatment Facility (Todd Thornton et al.).
April 3-10, 1999	Oregon Birders On Line (newsgroup)	Clatsop County	1	A male was at the Warrenton Sewage Treatment Facility (Todd Thornton, Mike Patterson et al.).
March 25, 1999	Oregon Birders On Line (newsgroup)	Rowena	1	A male was at East Mayer State Park (David Roll). Possibly the same bird as seen in the vicinity of Bingen, Washington.
February 3-16, 1999	Oregon Birders On Line (newsgroup)	Curry County	1	A female was at Garrison Lake (Nathaniel Wander).
Pennsylvania
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
March 22-28, 2004	DeReamus 2004	Bucks County	1	Female at Shaffer Lake.
Rhode Island
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
Fall/winter 2003	St. Jean 2003c	Wakefield	1	Female on the Sagatucket River, last reported in late December.
February 15-25, 2003	St. Jean 2003b	Providence	1	Male off India Point Park.
January to early February 2003	St. Jean 2003a	Wakefield	1	Female.
Vermont
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
December 26, 2002 to January 5, 2003	Scott 2002, Scott 2003	Addison	1	December 26 - two males at the Crown Point Bridge, with at least one remaining until January 5.
Washington
Date	Sources	Location	Number	Notes
December 31, 2002	Dossett 2002	Kenmore	1	Male (Michael Dossett)
February 9-26, 2002	Fischer 2002, Wright 2002	Hoquiam Sewage Ponds	1	Male (Paul Hicks et al.)
January 7, 2001	Knittle 2001	Bingen	1	-
April 15 - May 15, 2000	Tweeters (newsgroup)	Ridgefield NWR	1	Male (Norma Brunson et al.).
March 11-26, 2000	Tweeters (newsgroup)	Hoquiam sewer pond	1	Male
May 1, 1999	Washington BirdBox on Tweeters (newsgroup)	Oak Harbour	1	At the sewage treatment plant (Steve Mlodinow, Dennis Buckey, Jim Flynn).
December 1998 to April 3, 1999	Tweeters (newsgroup)	Klickitat County	1	At male was reported at Bingen in late December, 1998. Observed there frequently through the winter. Other reports were from Locke Lake on March 20, 1999 (Dennis Rockwell et al.) and April 3, 1999 at Rowland Lake (Stephen Lindsay).

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