Adrian Burke and I found an amazing concentration (for Broome Co.) of Red-Throated Loons on the upper end of the Whitney Point reservoir this morning. We were observing from Upper Lisle County Park and counted at least 21 RT Loons all together. Later, Dan Watkins drove up Kiebal Rd Whitney Point for a better look and confirmed the number at 23. This breaks our ebird county high count record for this species of 4. This species is an uncommon but regular migrant through Broome Co but from our experience never in such concentrations.
We also had several FOYs, 2 AMERICAN COOTS which is uncommon in Broome and a total 51 species for Upper Lisle County Park. Spring finally made an arrival in the southern tier as temperatures climbed out of the 40s as well! Bring it on! Dave Nicosia -- 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/ --
