This is the only report that I have seen for today.
Willie
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Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2015 1:08 PM
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Cc: David Suggs
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Neotropic Cormorant - not seen Sunday morning
The cormorant was not present between 7 and 11:45 this morning at Van Buren
Rd. pond or elsewhere. Several birders were checking besides me.
Iceland Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull (Tim Lenz), hundreds of RB
Mergansers, 1 WW Scoter, and plenty of swallows over the lake including at
least one Bank Swallow at Lake Erie State Park.
120+ cormorants off Lake Erie State Park.
More at Dunkirk Harbor.
Tim had 2 Forster's Terns near the Lighthouse at Pt Gratiot.
Mike Morgante
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from western New York
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 11:56 PM
To: Genesee Birds
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Neotropic Cormorant - Saturday 4/25
The Neotropic Cormorant was present again this morning (Saturday) at the
pond on Van Buren Rd. in the Chautauqua County town of Pomfret. It was first
observed around 7:30 am and remained at the pond until about 9:30 am when it
got up and flew off in the direction of Lake Erie. It returned to the pond
at around 10:45 am and stayed until maybe 11:05 am when most of the
cormorants flushed and circled the pond several times before flying off to
the south (more inland). Though several birders were present throughout the
afternoon (as late as 3:00 pm) and checked other area ponds there were no
positive reports of the cormorant the rest of the day. As per the reports
from Thursday and Friday, the Neotropic has had a pattern of leaving the
pond at different points throughout the day for varying periods of time
before returning, with sightings on Thursday and Friday not occurring past
around 5 pm.
If anyone is out looking for this bird tomorrow (Sunday) please post any
pertinent updates to the Geneseebirds or NYSbirds listserves as there are
still many birders looking for this great rarity. Directions to the pond,
previously posted by Willie D'Anna, are below.
Joe Mitchell
josephcmitch...@gmail.com
DIRECTIONS:
The locations were near Lake Erie between the Dunkirk-Fredonia exit and the
Westfield exit from the NYS Thruway. If coming from the north, exit at
Dunkirk-Fredonia and turn left onto NY 60. In 0.6 miles, turn right onto Rt
20 (heading southwest). In 1.4 miles, turn right onto Temple Street in
Fredonia. In 1.1 miles turn left onto Matteson, across from SUNY Fredonia.
Matteson eventually becomes Van Buren Road. In 2.5 miles from Temple Street,
the pond will be in your right. Lake Erie S.P. is about two miles southwest
of the pond.
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