Hi Peter,
Thanks for the response, I have seen Peter Ushers picture of the
drake, but did not know of the duck. The last Kenya record I can
recall is ten years ago at Thika when at the same time there were with
the two female Tufteds, two drake Ferruginous and a duck Gadwall.
Best for now
Brian

On 1/29/13, peter wairasho <wairasho@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> The Tufted Ducks were male and female which we observed in our group,
> section 3 of
> the Dandora Settling Ponds. I understand the last sighting was about 10
> years ago,quite
> amazing! Too bad we didnt manage to take any photo though Peter Usher has 1
> or 2 of the
> Ducks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Peter Wairasho
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Brian Finch <birdfinch@gmail.com>
> To: birdfinch <birdfinch@gmail.com>
> Cc: kenyabirdsnet <kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:04 PM
> Subject: [KENYABIRDSNET] DANDORA SETTLING PONDS 24th January 2013.
>
>
>
> DANDORA SETTLING PONDS 24th January 2013.
>
> As part of the waterbird count, Mike Davidson, Jennifer Oduore, Salma
> Watt and myself patrolled one fifth of the enormous area. I am not
> sure what the species recorded by  the other teams were, I do know
> that after we left, a male Tufted Duck was found on another tank. On
> our section we did have three Black-headed Gulls, a couple of
> Whiskered, fifteen White-winged Black and a Gull-billed Tern, good
> numbers of Wood Sandpipers and Ruff, but few other waders, nothing
> more interesting than a Ringed Plover. There were 84 Garganey, but no
> other palearctic ducks, a Western Marsh Harrier, some 100 Yellow
> Wagtails  of which the most interesting was a male Black-headed Yellow
> Wagtail (feldegg), the first I have ever seen around Nairobi.
>
> Best to all
> Brian
>
>