Tuesday birding with Derby Hill Hawk Counter Steve Kolbe had many highlights. Our first stop was Knox-Marsellus Marsh where we met up with Joe Brin and Jim Tarolli. Not much was really happening until a group of Canada Geese flew in and Steve immediately picked out a Pink-footed Goose!!!! We never saw the legs (the bird was on the water) but there was nothing suspicious about it.
Numerous other stops found a general lack of the recent dabbling ducks. The north end of Cayuga Lake continues to be super-loaded, as seen from Harris Park, Cayuga Lake State Park, and Lower Lake Rd. Glare, distance, and heat shimmer made it difficult to pick out anything unusual. Snow Geese numbers are down but there are still some left to go. We saw the goose fairly close in but others may have better photos. Here are mine and Jim's. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22183060@N08/8594323682/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtarolli9/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
