[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon @ East Shore Park, Ithaca

[Dave Nutter]

After several visits to East Shore Park, this morning I finally saw the 
continuing non-breeding plumage Red-throated Loon at East Shore Park, offshore 
to the north. So many times I only saw the even-longer-continuing non-breeding 
plumage Common Loons, which at a distance in heat shimmer can look similar, 
that I doubted the Red-throated was still around, and I would have doubted its 
very existence despite the numerous reports if not for Jay McGowan’s confirming 
photo on 11 April. The Red-throated is very pale and evenly gray on the crown 
and down the back of the neck, with none of the Common’s jagged pattern, and of 
course the Red-throated lacks the Common’s steep forehead. Amazingly, I took 
what for me is a pretty good photo.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon, Dryden Lake

[Gary Kohlenberg]

Red-throated Loon is still on Dryden Lake this Easter Day. I did see the Osprey 
as well. 

Gary 


On Apr 16, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Kevin J. Cummings  wrote:

Hi all,

In addition to the Common Loon reported earlier today, there is currently a 
Red-throated Loon on Dryden Lake.

Kevin


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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon, Dryden Lake

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Hi all,

In addition to the Common Loon reported earlier today, there is currently a 
Red-throated Loon on Dryden Lake.

Kevin


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon

[Eveline V. Ferretti]

Saw these beauties (the red-throated loon and the mergansers) on my walk along 
Dryden lake today as well!

Spotted the loon doing some deep dives on my way up the lake (from Dryden 
Village) at about 11:15a;  then the merganser group (one pair of Hoodies among 
about 7 or 8 Common Mergansers) on the upper part of the Lake, headed 
peacefully direction Village, on my way back, c. 12:30p).  Amazing, the way 
these feathered creatures can add a quiet silver glow to a gray autumn day.


Eveline Ferretti
Public Programs & Communication Administrator
Mann Library / Cornell University Library
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Hi all,

The Red-throated Loon is still present on Dryden Lake, along with several 
Hooded and Common Mergansers.

Kevin


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Hi all,

The Red-throated Loon is still present on Dryden Lake, along with several 
Hooded and Common Mergansers.

Kevin


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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Hi all,

There is currently a Red-throated Loon on Dryden Lake.

Kevin


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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon event at south end

[Jay McGowan]

At least 24 birds on the water in three middle of the lake with more coming
in high from the south.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon in field near Game Farm

[phil mc]

I was there about then, missed the loon, but I did help pull that Ford SUV out 
of the ditch on Stevenson by the farm. Your mitzvah makes a better story and 
the Loon probably didn't have AAA to help him!


 
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607.342.5031 

On Saturday, January 6, 2018, 5:01:19 PM EST, Jgaffne2  
wrote:  
 
 What a great story 

Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 6, 2018, at 3:39 PM, Kevin J. McGowan  wrote:




I went to the game farm today to census crows and try to find some year birds 
(like Black Vulture). I was looking in the active pheasant pen at the NW corner 
of farm where the Black Vultures have been hanging out. I didn’t see Black 
Vultures, but I noticed a RED-THROATED LOON sitting in the snow in the field 
north of the farm! Ten feet into Dryden!
 
  
 
Although the loon made a pitiful effort to “run” away from me, it was pretty 
simple to wrap it up in a blanket and pick it up. Its wings and feet were 
functioning well, and I didn’t see any blood, injuries, or abrasions on it, so 
I decided to take it to Cayuga Lake and release it.
 
  
 
It did not understand, of course, anything I was trying to do for it, but it 
knew what the lake was. As I was carrying it down to the shore at East Shore 
Park, it started lunging forward in my hands and making running motions with 
its feet. It swam away quickly when I released it, dove, came up, flapped, and 
started preening.
 
  
 
Not the way I thought my day was going to start.
 
  
 
I have a photo in my checklist at 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41675570.
 
  
 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon in field near Game Farm

[Jgaffne2]

What a great story 

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> On Jan 6, 2018, at 3:39 PM, Kevin J. McGowan  wrote:
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> I went to the game farm today to census crows and try to find some year birds 
> (like Black Vulture). I was looking in the active pheasant pen at the NW 
> corner of farm where the Black Vultures have been hanging out. I didn’t see 
> Black Vultures, but I noticed a RED-THROATED LOON sitting in the snow in the 
> field north of the farm! Ten feet into Dryden!
>  
> Although the loon made a pitiful effort to “run” away from me, it was pretty 
> simple to wrap it up in a blanket and pick it up. Its wings and feet were 
> functioning well, and I didn’t see any blood, injuries, or abrasions on it, 
> so I decided to take it to Cayuga Lake and release it.
>  
> It did not understand, of course, anything I was trying to do for it, but it 
> knew what the lake was. As I was carrying it down to the shore at East Shore 
> Park, it started lunging forward in my hands and making running motions with 
> its feet. It swam away quickly when I released it, dove, came up, flapped, 
> and started preening.
>  
> Not the way I thought my day was going to start.
>  
> I have a photo in my checklist at 
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41675570.
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> Kevin
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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon in field near Game Farm

[Kevin J. McGowan]

I went to the game farm today to census crows and try to find some year birds 
(like Black Vulture). I was looking in the active pheasant pen at the NW corner 
of farm where the Black Vultures have been hanging out. I didn't see Black 
Vultures, but I noticed a RED-THROATED LOON sitting in the snow in the field 
north of the farm! Ten feet into Dryden!

Although the loon made a pitiful effort to "run" away from me, it was pretty 
simple to wrap it up in a blanket and pick it up. Its wings and feet were 
functioning well, and I didn't see any blood, injuries, or abrasions on it, so 
I decided to take it to Cayuga Lake and release it.

It did not understand, of course, anything I was trying to do for it, but it 
knew what the lake was. As I was carrying it down to the shore at East Shore 
Park, it started lunging forward in my hands and making running motions with 
its feet. It swam away quickly when I released it, dove, came up, flapped, and 
started preening.

Not the way I thought my day was going to start.

I have a photo in my checklist at 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41675570.

Kevin


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[cayugabirds-l] Red throated loon

[Joe DeVito]

Fair haven beach. In the bay South of break wall. Viewed from fisherman parking 
area. Eventually lost it when flushed by fishermen. 
Also, no sign of snowy owl here yet. Been here for 2 hours. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon still there

[Melanie Uhlir]

I was able to get very nice looks at the Red-throated Loon after the 
crew boats chased it back into the marina.


I had never known about this spot before! While there I also got stellar 
looks at a lone male Gadwall who seemed intent on making sure I got a 
good view of each of his field marks. He was hanging out near a group of 
Buffleheads in the open water between the shore and the jetty with the 
red lighthouse.


Also saw Ring-necked Ducks, Lesser Scaup, Redheads, an Osprey (or more 
than one but separately?), what was maybe a Great Black-backed Gull on 
the jetty with the red lighthouse.


Canada Geese of course. Heard but did not see a Red-bellied Woodpecker, 
saw a White-breasted Nuthatch. Heard and saw several Song Sparrows and 
Red-winged Blackbirds.


But the other highlight was a female Belted Kingfisher! I kept hearing a 
Kingfisher, but since I haven't birded in a while I didn't know if they 
would be in the area yet so I kept trying to get a visual and finally 
got lucky when I saw a bird land in a tree near the marina and locked my 
binoculars on her. I love Kingfishers.


The only downside of this otherwise wonderful afternoon was that I 
managed to lose a Peterson Eastern Guide. Thankfully not the one with my 
life list in it!



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[cayugabirds-l] Red throated loon continuing and osprey at Allen treman marina. 3:40pm

[Joshua Snodgrass]

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[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red throated loon continuing and osprey at Allen treman marina. 3:40pm

[Dave Nutter]

I would like to expand on Josh's observations.

This morning I biked to Treman. On the way I stopped to scope the GREAT HORNED 
OWL on its nest in Newman Golf Course. The babies remained hidden from me. 
Meanwhile an OSPREY hunted over Cayuga Inlet overhead and I saw a second Osprey 
in the background of my scope view, hovering over Fall Creek on the opposite 
side of the golf course. I did not notice any activity at the platform in Union 
Field at Cass Park or the one at the NW corner of the golf course along the 
Inlet near Jetty Woods, but when I got past Treman Marina I saw an Osprey 
alight on the platform in the field NW of Treman Marina while a second Osprey 
circled nearby carrying a fish. Later, while the platform remained occupied by 
that same bird, 2 more Ospreys hunted over the limited amount of open water 
along the lakeshore near the lighthouses  jetties. So there were at least 3 
Ospreys present, possibly 4, 5 or 6, and at least one of the platforms has been 
reclaimed.

High above the occupied platform I saw what I at first thought was a swallow. I 
was wrong. It was a lot higher. It was a PEREGRINE FALCON that then stooped 
toward that same limited amount of open water which had held 13 species of 
ducks a short time earlier. I was no longer by the shore, so my view was then 
obstructed, but when I made my way back I saw the Peregrine standing on the 
vast expanse of ice beyond the open water, plucking then eating a substantial 
unidentified bird. I also noticed, much farther away on the ice, an adult BALD 
EAGLE, also feeding. As I was leaving Treman I met Chris Pelkie and a friend 
arriving, and Chris and I saw a/the Peregrine again in high flight.

While following an Osprey in flight I also noticed a raptor in the distant 
background over Cayuga Heights: a migrating NORTHERN HARRIER. This is a tough 
species for me to add to my Luddite List or my Ithaca list, although I did see 
one as an office bird from the taxi on Sandbank Road (barely in Ithaca) on 30 
March. I am enjoying migration, using my repaired scope, and the fact the we 
live in a prettty cool place!

Other fun for me included:
While locking my bike by the marina I heard an Eastern Meadowlark song. Of 
course my first thought was, Is that a European Starling? Second thought: 
Will it make a fool of me by making me drop everything to find it? Third 
thought, If it is real, will it stick around and be visible for a 
confirmation? Turns out it was an actual EASTERN MEADOWLARK, my first of the 
year, singing atop a tree at the western corner of the marina, and I got a 
brilliant yellow scope view through the branches.

As I walked on the path around the field I encountered a silent EASTERN PHOEBE 
foraging low in vegetation, both weeds and tree branches at the edge and 
interior of the wet woods. This is just one of a rash of new phoebe reports 
this morning. This is the first real wave, although the first record, so far as 
I know, was on 22 March in Waterburg near Trumansburg, observed by Scott 
Sutcliffe.

Finally, when I got home I had another treat. Some of you may know that most 
feeder birds I add to my yard list are actually poached from my much more 
successful next-door neighbors' feeders, which require contortions for me to 
view from my own windows or even my own property. This past Christmas Laurie 
said she wanted bird feeders, so we mounted a challenge. I bought a 
squirrel-proof tube for sunflower seeds. It has mainly hosted a White-breasted 
Nuthatch, which gets its jollies by chucking the seeds out onto the porch roof 
where Dark-eyed Juncos and Northern Cardinals enjoy them out of our view. We 
also got a small suet cage, which a couple of Downy Woodpeckers only started 
using in the coldest part of February. A screen tube containing nyger seeds 
hung untouched for over 3 months, but yesterday an American Goldfinch began 
using it. Perhaps this is part of a finch influx? Another American Goldfinch 
began using the sunflower tube. Then there was a House Finch on the sunflower 
tube, then two! Many of you may be thinking, so what? but this is a big deal 
for us, and in fact both were yard birds for the year. While I was inputting my 
eBird report from this morning I glanced up and noticed a bulkier, more 
notch-tailed silhouette on the sunflower tube: It was a male PURPLE FINCH. This 
is a first-ever yard bird, I think, as well as a year bird for me. And it was 
just within the minimum focal distance for my binoculars if I sat up straight. 
Gorgeous pink bird. Whoever is in charge of birds, thank-you.

--Dave Nutter

PS - To those of you who read the Cayuga Bird Club newsletter: The editors 
included a summary of species which arrived in the basin in March, but it was 
incomplete because I was delinquent and had not yet added to that list 
Eurasian Wigeon, of which 3 were found on the 29th. I still don't have all the 
info on those events. I understand that Kenneth Kemphues was first to spot the 
one from 

[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon continues

[Matthew Medler]

Hi All,

For those who haven't had a chance to see it yet, the very cooperative 
RED-THROATED LOON was still present at Treman State Marine Park today (31 March 
2015) from about 5:15 to 7:15 pm. At first, the bird was in the small area of 
open water where the park's marina enters the Cayuga Inlet. It then ventured 
out into the inlet for a while, where it spent time diving under the many crew 
boats going back and forth up and down the inlet. The loon eventually returned 
to the marina towards the end of my stay. I spent most of my time focused on 
trying to film the loon, but I did also note an OSPREY flying up the inlet and 
also filmed a resplendent GREAT BLUE HERON along the ice edge.

Good birding,
Matt Medler
Ithaca

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-throated loon earlier today

[Nancy Tonachel Gabriel]

...and which rewarded my efforts at the Island Fitness rowing machine on Friday 
morning.  Leisurely paddling and diving for breakfast as it headed North.  
On Mar 29, 2015, at 11:11 PM, Liisa S. Mobley wrote:

 After dinner, went for a walk by the Treman Marina. We didn't have 
 binoculars, but I didn't need them as the red-throated loon was swimming in 
 the channel of the marina very close and was quite easy to see. Must be the 
 same one reported this morning and last week by the Farmer's Market.
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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon continued Treman Marina

[Lee Ann van Leer]

Swimming in the small area of open water of the marina itself where it connects 
to the inlet. 


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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated loon earlier today

[Liisa S. Mobley]

After dinner, went for a walk by the Treman Marina. We didn't have binoculars, 
but I didn't need them as the red-throated loon was swimming in the channel of 
the marina very close and was quite easy to see. Must be the same one reported 
this morning and last week by the Farmer's Market.
-liisa

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon

[Suan Yong]

 
 On Mar 29, 2015, at 6:59 PM, Glenn Wilson wil...@stny.rr.com wrote:
 
 Is the Red-throated Loon at Treman Park in winter plumage?

Yes. Ridiculous closeups from this afternoon:

https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/posts/10206425672538603

After my report this morning, I was told that a boat came by and flushed 
everything away, and when we went there in the afternoon it was on the far side 
about halfway to the white lighthouse. But our patience paid off as presently 
it decided to come in close to fish, sometimes surfacing 10 feet away! It did 
eventually swim away, however. Glad to hear it came back for others to enjoy.

Suan

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon

[Glenn Wilson]

Is the Red-throated Loon at Treman Park in winter plumage?

Glenn Wilson
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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon photo op

[Dave Nutter]

About an hour ago, 8:30am, from the Farmers' Market in Ithaca I saw a winter 
plumage RED-THROATED LOON in Cayuga Inlet. I suppose it is visible from Cass 
Park as well, but the light will be against you there. It's unusual to see one 
this close rather than very distant on the lake.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon photo op

[Dave Nutter]

The RED-THROATED LOON was still on Cayuga Inlet this evening resting near the 
Treman Park boat ramp. Other birds of note were a GREAT BLUE HERON standing on 
a narrow ice shelf along the far side, 2 southbound TREE SWALLOWS, about a 
thousand COMMON GRACKLES in flocks moving south or east and several hundred 
probable Red-winged Blackbirds in similar flights. Cayuga Inlet has been 
mostly cleared of ice, at least partly by crew boat coaches, all the way to the 
jetties, but then there's a mile and half of ice, so maybe the various ducks 
will stay on the inlet until crews start up and disturb them.

--Dave Nutter


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 About an hour ago, 8:30am, from the Farmers' Market in Ithaca I saw a winter 
 plumage RED-THROATED LOON in Cayuga Inlet. I suppose it is visible from Cass 
 Park as well, but the light will be against you there. It's unusual to see 
 one this close rather than very distant on the lake.
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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon

[Ann Mitchell]

Distant look at it from Myers Point by Dave and me.   Ann Mitchell 

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon East Shore Park

[France]

There was a winter plumage Red-throated Loon viewable from Hog Hole this
afternoon. It was off to the North East closer to East Shore Park.

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon, East Shore Park

[Jay McGowan]

A basic adult RED-THROATED LOON is visible distantly to the northwest from
East Shore Park, seeb better from father north. Several White-winged
Scoters are still in that area as well. Lots of wigeon and a pair of
NORTHERN SHOVELERS are mixed in with the Aythya flock along the ice edge.
No sign of either the Eurasian wigeon or teal from the east side.

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon-Not

[John and Sue Gregoire]

Yesterday I reported a Red-throated Loon on Cayuga. Make that Red-necked Grebe. 
Sorry.

Sue
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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon

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I don't know if anyone posted this yet, but Brad Walker saw one from Wheat
and Lake Streets in Cayuga on Sunday. We also had Virginal Rail.  Ann

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon juv east of

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 Red-throated Loon juv east of Taughannock Falls SP, nice scope view 1:10pm. 
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[cayugabirds-l] RED-THROATED LOON juv far e

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 RED-THROATED LOON juv far e of Ith Yacht Clubjm also far fr RR midway betw E 
Shore  Portland Pt
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] RED-THROATED LOON juv far e

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It was midafternoon by the time I decided to go out and look for loons, but the day was mild, and the wind barely whispered, and the sun streamed over West Hill, so I made my first stop at the Ithaca Yacht Club. A scope sweep revealed fifteen scattered COMMON LOONS, some DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, including several flocks flying across my view, plus a few gulls (close by I saw both RING-BILLED  HERRING) on the water. There was also a/the duo of female BLACK SCOTERS tight together far away toward Portland Point. But what held my attention for the longest time was a loon that seemed to be close to the far shore, diving for long periods then swimming on the surface for a few seconds, always going south. It would travel about three 60-power scope view widths during a dive before surfacing, so it was a challenge to refind it, and then the view was small and of short duration. What I saw was: a low body, dark gray with sometimes a small bit of light flank; a neck that was long (compared to Common Loon) and vertical (compared to Double-crested Cormorant); a head that was not bigger than the neck; a bill that appeared slanted upward; the hindneck and crown were an even medium gray, lighter than the back; when it rarely turned more to face me it showed the chin/lower face was whitish; the foreneck was light gray; there was neither a distinct vertical line of contrast on the side of the neck (as on Pacific Loon) nor any jagged pattern (as on Common Loon); sometimes a bit of the white breast showed near the waterline; the bill seemed perhaps large, which may have been an illusion from the adjacent whitish chin or my mind's eye presuming an upper bill atop what I actually saw. Although the shape (other than the possibly large bill) and color pattern indicated a juvenile RED-THROATED LOON, I wanted a closer view, so I drove around the south end of the lake and parked along East Shore Drive just where it begins to climb the hill. From there I walked north about a mile along the railroad tracks, and I refound the bird. It was farther away from shore than I hoped, and backlit as I expected, and now it was working its way north, but my new perspective was helpful: the silhouette better revealed the bill to indeed be thin and small and slanted up. Also five Double-crested Cormorants alit in the water nearby, and they were considerably larger, with thinner neck slanted backwards, wider head than neck, andshowing a hooked bill even at that distance. Also a Common Loon was doing a similar northbound diving/swimming routine but its short thick neck, large blocky head, and thick bill were distinct, so I felt good about being able to differentiate the species. I kept walking north, yet was not perceptibly gaining on the Red-throated Loon. I had just quit walking and started to post my (re-)find to the listserv, when I heard a distant whistle from Ithaca, probably right when I made that typo. Fortunately our trains are pretty slow. I don't think I was in any danger - there are plenty of places one could stand far enough from the tracks, but I did not wish to be stranded alongside all that noise, so I hoofed it back with time to spare. I hope others get to see this bird, but unless it starts cooperating a bit more, you'll need excellent conditions as I had this afternoon. I figure this could be the same bird which Jay saw at Myers many days ago, and perhaps which Bob refound there.--Dave NutterOn Nov 01, 2011, at 05:16 PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: RED-THROATED LOON juv far e of Ith Yacht Clubjm also far fr RR midway betw E Shore  Portland Pt
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon, Myers Point

[Jay McGowan]

The loon is a bit closer now. A RED-NECKED GREBE is now visible in the bay
north of the point, and several Bonaparte's Gulls have been around.

Jay
On Oct 25, 2011 8:19 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote:

 A RED-THROATED LOON is swimming out on the lake a little north of the spit
 at Myers Point. It has a dusky neck and throat, giving it a very
 white-chinned appearance. Lots of other loons moving, but nothing else of
 note so far.

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon, Stewart Park

[Jay McGowan]

A RED-THROATED LOON that Bill Evans and I found from the railroad tracks a
mile north of South End is now visible from Stewart Park. We also saw a
female LONG-TAILED DUCK in the same area. No other particular rarities on
our walk from Stewart to Myers, although we did see a number of Eastern
Bluebirds and both Horned and Pied-billed grebes and a couple Common Loons a
little south of Myers.

Jay McGowan
Dryden, NY

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon, Stewart Park

[Jay McGowan]

And now also three Common Loons, a pair of Gadwall, and a female-type
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER.

Jay
On Dec 30, 2010 1:42 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote:
 A RED-THROATED LOON that Bill Evans and I found from the railroad tracks a
 mile north of South End is now visible from Stewart Park. We also saw a
 female LONG-TAILED DUCK in the same area. No other particular rarities on
 our walk from Stewart to Myers, although we did see a number of Eastern
 Bluebirds and both Horned and Pied-billed grebes and a couple Common Loons
a
 little south of Myers.

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 Dryden, NY

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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon, Stewart Park

[Tim Lenz]

Hi,

This morning there was a juvenile RED-THROATED LOON in the middle of the
lake near the weather station.  It was visible from Stewart Park but there
are probably better views from East Shore Sailing Club.

Location: Stewart Park
Observation date: 11/16/10
Number of species: 30

American Black Duck - Anas rubripes 8
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) - Anas rubripes x platyrhynchos 1
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 250
Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis 2
Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola 24
Common Merganser - Mergus merganser 2
Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis 7
Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata 1 Juvenile; contrasting pale-gray
head like Pacific Loon but with more grebe-like head shape and a dusky wash
across center of neck.
Common Loon - Gavia immer 40
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus 13
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus 2
American Coot - Fulica americana 30
Winter Wren (Eastern) - Troglodytes troglodytes hiemalis/pusillus 1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 1
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 2


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[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon south of Sheldrake Point

[Dave Nutter]

Late this afternoon I made another unsuccessful try for the Pacific Loon. However I did find a juvenile RED-THROATED LOON feeding close to shore south of Sheldrake Point between #7490  #7504. The view was not easy due to willows and a boathouse. The bird spent the great majority of the time underwater, and even when it was briefly on the surface it often had its face in the water. And it's not the best place to pull over. Nonetheless this was one of my better sightings of this species. With luck it will remain attached to this location. I also saw about 90 COMMON LOONS from the corner of County Roads 141  153, most of them fairly close together and feeding. They also frequently looked underwater from the surface. Despite multiple scans of this group I saw no unusual loons. From Sheldrake Point park I saw 2 female BLACK SCOTERS. Early this morning I checked out the east shore opposite Sheldrake, from 3.5 miles down Honoco Rd to Long Point State Park and also only saw COMMON LOONS, plus a few AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS and MALLARDS and some RING-BILLED and HERRING GULLS. From the cliff south of Aurora I saw 7 LESSER SCAUP, some CANADA GEESE, more COMMON LOONS, one HORNED GREBE, and on the delta of Paine's Creek one KILLDEER. In the field next to the clifftop viewing area were several AMERICAN PIPITS. On my drive south on NYS 90 almost to the Triangle Diner I saw a light ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK perched in a tree. 

[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon at Myers Point, other local birds

[Kenneth Victor Rosenberg]

This morning I was at Myer's Point from about 6:45 AM. It was very un-birdy, 
with no migrants evident on the light north winds. The most interesting bird 
was a basic-plumaged RED-THROATED LOON that I first saw very far to the north 
along the east shore (and difficult to i.d. At 60X) - it was swimming very 
determinedly out towards the middle of the lake; I then lost it for awhile, 
when it appeared right off the point, still swimming south; then I lost it 
again, and later spotted it from Lagoda, still swimming south down the middle 
of the lake. It never paused or dove, but I got a few decent photos when it was 
close by.

Other semi-interesting birds were a pair of N. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, a pair of 
RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS that flew in from the south, a single SAVANNAH SPARROW 
that appeared out of nowhere, a singing N. MOCKINGBIRD from Salt Point, and 
displaying TURKEYS and singing FIELD SPARROWs on Drake Rd.

At lunchtime today, Tom Schulenberg and I saw 2 circling BROAD-WINGED HAWKS 
over the Lab of Ornithology, plus a N. HARRIER flying low towards the airport. 
Yesterday afternoon, I saw 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS feeding silently in the wet leaf 
litter at the back edge of the Sapsucker Woods pond - also a silent 
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and a female HOODED MERGANSER.

Finally, a singing RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was in my yard yesterday and this 
morning.

KEN
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Ken Rosenberg
Director of Conservation Science
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Ithaca NY 14850

Phone: 607-254-2412
cell: 607-342-4594
k...@cornell.edu
www.birds.cornell.edu


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