sorry - that was a King Eider, not a Common Eider.. Bill In a message dated 1/19/2014 6:11:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, williamwatso...@aol.com writes:
January 19 - On the Niagara River between the Peace Bridge and the Ice Boom (start of Lake Erie) there were 2,092 Greater Scaup, 1,824 Bufflehead, 1,166 Common Goldeneye, 8 Am. Black Duck, 3 Mallard, 10 Lesser Scaup, 4 White-winged Scoter, 20 Redhead, 3 Canvasback, 73 Long-tailed Duck, and 2 Common Merganser. North of the Peace Bridge from the three parking lots north of Nickel's Marina, there was greater variety with COMMON EIDER, 6 Ruddy Ducks, 3 White-winged Scoters, 2 Surf Scoters (one an adult male in breeding plumage!) and a REDHEAD X SCAUP HYBRID. January 18 - In Tonawanda, NY, 7 Red-winged Blackbirds, and a White-throated Sparrow. Mid-River Marina in Tonawanda 11 Gadwall, 71! Lesser Scaup, one Am. Widgeon. Strawberry Island (south of Grand Island in the Niagara River) 2 adult Bald Eagles + nest and 17 Great Blue Herons 11 Beautiful Double-crested Cormorants on Huntley Pond, see from River Road in Tonawnada... Best Wishes for Great Birding, Bill Watson _______________________________________________ GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - geneseebird...@geneseo.edu https://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
