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Vakar prie Kauno marių ties Arlaviškėm be didžiųjų ančių ir kelių šimtų kormoranų daugiau nieko ir nemačiau - dideli laukių, klykuolių būriai buvo priešingoje marių pusėje. Nei nuodegulių, nei narų taip pat nemačiau.

Aš, Vycka ir Vilius irgi vakar buvom prie Arlaviškių. Be tavo paminėtų paukščių, mums pasisekė įžiūrėti 4 nuodėgules, ir 4 juodąsias antis, o narų taipogi nematėm.

Super! O kurioje vietoje matėt?

Got word that the Ruddy Duck of a month earlier was still present at Metelys, albeit on a different part of the lake and with a verbal description slightly at odds with the original. Arrived to find three guys watching the bird, and indeed a quick look with the binoculars and there bobbed a small diving duck in the bay some way out. Dumpy bird, smaller than Coot, nice off-white cheek, almost unmarked. Problem one, bird of three weeks back sported a distinct, though not very dark, horizontal bar through the cheek. I had previously deemed the bird a female, but now could it just be a first-year male with plumage more advanced than three weeks back?

A chat with the birders present, no reason to question the bird at present, thought it a good idea to release news of the bird online via the telephone. Walked back to car and put the telecope on the bird. Hmm, something odd. Head shape wrong, cheek showing no trace of the dark smudging, even bill didn't seem to match, also bird present did not cock tail at all while I watched quite in contrast to the month before. Not only would I say this was not the bird present in mid-November, but I was struggling to find any reason to even call it a Ruddy Duck! Looked more like a super runt Common Scoter to me!

Well those are my concerns, will leave it to readers to decide.