Tundra swans were still on the lake this afternoon. Flew in to the far side near large white building.
This nice find was supplemented by an impressive number of common mergansers. We spotted a female hairy woodpecker on a nearby tree as we prepared to leave the lake overlook. Thanks, David. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 27, 2016, at 7:29 PM, David La Magna <dlama...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hate driving to Hook Pond? Good news! There are TWO Tundra Swans on Lake > Ronkonkoma. Discovered today during the Smithtown CBC by Mike Rath, George R > and myself. > > Awful picture here: https://flic.kr/p/Ppnzfp > > The Lake continues to be a slam dunk for Common Merganser. > > Interesting to see drought like conditions of Long Island judging by the > amount of exposed shoreline at Lake Ronkonkoma and how some other explored > seeps and ponds were completely dry. > > -Dave L > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
