There were over 200 Blue-winged Teal at Stewart Park just now (5pm), over a hundred along the shore concentrated at the far southeast corner, then a flock of roughly 90 very far out on the lake. Almost no other waterfowl species though. An early Horned Grebe was still present.
Jay On Fri, Oct 6, 2023, 9:39 AM Duane <ksbirder2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had a very large flock (58) of Blue-winged Teal drop down at Salt Point > / Myers Point (Lansing) this morning. Quite a sight to see as they came > flying in. I don't ever remember seeing a flock like this before. > > When I explored previous Tompkins County records, the checklists with > similar high numbers referred to great migration days at Stewart Park. > Makes me wonder what the remainder of today and tomorrow will be with the > change in weather. > > Good birding all. > > Duane Otto > Lansing > > > -- > *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: 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/ --
