[mou] Smew

[Julian Sellers]

I may have checked the wrong patch of open water, or I may not have seen
what you saw, but at 1:30 this afternoon, the only "different" bird I saw
was a male Bufflehead.

Julian Sellers
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Boyer" <CBoyer@Korbel.net>
To: "'MOU-net@biosci.umn.edu'" <MOU-net@cbs.umn.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:19 AM
Subject: [mou] Smew


> Sir;
> Would someone please check-out a patch of open water on the NE quadrant of
> Lake Phalen in St. Paul.  It is near the walking path.  I am only a very
> casual bird noticer.  And there's a strange one there hanging out with the
> mallards, geese and coot.  When I look in my rather amateur bird book, the
> only thing close is a smew, which seems most unlikely since the book says
> it's very rare in the U.S.  So what is it then?
> Chuck Boyer
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