Saw 5 loons fly low north over Clute Park and land in Seneca Lake to feed it seems.
Added bonus: a bald eagle flying west and landed in a tree in Watkins Glen. On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 9:12 AM Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > From my lans. stat. Rd. dock on east side, I saw ~8 Loons up & Down lake > , all diving & feeding. Nobody took off flying. > > Another Loon flew low from N to S, but then circled back north & landed. > I did not see this bird take off, so don’t know how far it flew before > landing. > > Donna Scott > Lansing Station/Cayuga L. > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 12, 2020, at 9:07 AM, Martha Fischer <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Are birds moving? > > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > ------------------------------ > *From:* bounce-125123331-3494...@list.cornell.edu < > bounce-125123331-3494...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Bill Evans < > wrev...@clarityconnect.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 11, 2020 4:23:29 PM > *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] LOON MIGRATION ALERT > > > Folks, the conditions look excellent and such an opportunity doesn’t > happen every year, so plan your morning accordingly! > > > > Favorable forecast for observing a large loon flight tomorrow morning (Nov > 12): > > 1. We are in the window when big fall flights have been documented > in the past. > > 2. We’ve had southerly winds with no loon movement since Nov 3rd (8 > days) - the spring is loaded. > > 3. Weather forecast tomorrow is for NNW wind @ 7 mph - perfect for > the spring to unload. > > 4. Viewing conditions should be good – mostly cloudy with no lake > effect snow. > > 5. Temp ~43 F, so not brutally cold. > > > > Loons from current migratory aggregations on the Finger Lakes and southern > Lake Ontario are likely to embark for southbound passage as early as 6:40 > am. The main flight off Cayuga & Seneca Lake will mostly vector down the > lake basins and have passed on by 7:30 am. So places like Stewart Park > and Clute Park (Watkins Glen) should offer good viewing. If you can get > there in time, Taughannock State Park can be a wonderful site to view the > early flight down Cayuga. > > > > The peak of the flight off Lake Ontario will likely pass over > Ithaca/Watkins Glen latitudes between 7:45 and 8:30, with lesser magnitude > continuing thereafter. The densest flight vectors from Lake Ontario have > been noted in the past coursing down the east side of the Seneca Lake Basin > and the west side of the Cayuga Lake Basin, but the flight off Lake Ontario > can be seen to some degree from high terrain anywhere in the southern > Finger Lakes and Southern Tier counties of NY. > > > > If you have the opportunity to observe, please post your results here > and/or eBird including the location & time period you counted, direction of > flight, and the percentage of loons estimated to be flying below 1000 > feet/300 m above ground level. > > > > Best wishes! > > > > Bill Evans > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Todd Beeton 323-440-3350 (m) -- 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/ --
