John & I were at Sodus Point about 4 p.m. Sat.. Had the same birds as reported by Mark. Ice in the bay had receded greatly but edges were covered with geese, gulls & ?? Too far away to see well in the fading light. Did see the RT Loons along the nearer ice from the little parking area at the boat launch as you go down the hill into Sodus Point, as well as 8 or 10 RB Mergansers, maybe 20 or 30 Coots, many WW Scoters as well as the pair of G. Scaup. The Goldeneye were along the breakwall along with close to 100 Long-tailed Ducks .... a delightful sight!
We stopped at Geneva just after noon .... light was wrong to ID anything much other than Canadas, gulls & mallards but we did see 2 Mute Swans with their orange bills & the knob at the base. A Bald Eagle was on the Mud Lock nest. Hundreds of swans were north of Cayuga. Screechie was in the box on Factory St. pond. It amazes me at how many village people don't know about the owl. In re-reading my records, my 1st recording of seeing the owl was in 1996!!! We're pleased to report that the Auburn NYSEG crew has put new osprey platforms on poles along Rte. 90 north of Union Springs & also on Backus Rd., the 1st road heading towards the lake north of the village. I'm enjoying the discussions & pictures of the "foreign" grebe off Hog Hole. Fritzie Mark Miller wrote: Sat. afternoon at Sodus Point pier had lots of Long-tailed Ducks & WW Scoters, a few Horned Grebes, and a couple (Red-throated?) Loons. Only a few RB Mergansers. Also a couple Am Goldeneye & Greater Scaup. Great picture opportunities, will need to review my pics to see if I missed anything unusual. -- 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/ --
