[cayugabirds-l] Leucistic duck on Factory St. Pond

2010-02-06 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Hi folks, John saw, without binox, a light colored duck on the Factory St. pond when he went for mail this morning. We went back down looked at the bird with the scope. It was rather cream colored all over with some medium tan markings on shoulders wing tips. I say that rather hesitantly

[cayugabirds-l] Eagles at Mud Lock

2010-02-06 Thread Kathy Strickland
Lynn Bergmeyer and I birded down the east side of Cayuga Lake today. Steve Fast reported much of what we saw. (We missed some of his finds.) We did see two BALD EAGLES in the trees near the nest at Mud Lock. Many TUNDRA SWANS along the ice shelf of the channel between there and Black Bridge.

[cayugabirds-l] Eagles at Mud Lock

2010-02-06 Thread Kathy Strickland
Lynn Bergmeyer and I birded down the east side of Cayuga Lake today. Steve Fast reported much of what we saw. (We missed some of his finds.) We did see two BALD EAGLES in the trees near the nest at Mud Lock. Many TUNDRA SWANS along the ice shelf of the channel between there and Black Bridge.

[cayugabirds-l] Snow buntings @ Pheasant farm

2010-02-06 Thread John Cisne
Got a great look at a flock of 70-80 SNOW BUNTINGS as it intermittently fed in and wheeled around over the mowed field between the pheasant farm and the manure piles Saturday afternoon around 3:00 p.m. Hope it sticks around. -- = John Cisne 27 North Landon Road