I had seen the swans at Stewart Park at dawn, dusk, 9am, 11am, and I suspect all other times as well. Until today I think they had been there constantly since (and probably before) I first reported the large flock. I think the same was true of the individual which showed up earlier, but I'm less sure of that. But I agree, I've seen swans in fields, too, at times. --Dave Nutter
On Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at 04:47PM, "Marie P Read" <[email protected]> wrote: >Dave Nutter wrote: > >>At that time >>> the TUNDRA SWAN flock was still present along with many CANADA GEESE and >>> MALLARDS, etc. An hour later as I came down NYS 13 I noticed that the >>> swans were not visible on the water as they had been previously but there >>> were large birds flying north over the water. Again I pulled in to >>> Stewart Park, and scoping north up the lake I could see the flock of ~70 >>> swans flying back and forth and away but staying within the Cayuga Lake >>> valley. It was 0918 when I lost sight of them. I don't know what >>> provoked them to leave. Most of the Canada Geese had also left, but >>> that's a more expected daily commute. > >Maybe the swans too were heading out to nearby fields to feed. They do >often feed in corn and other crop fields, just like geese do. Has anyone >noticed whether or not they are on the lake all day long? Hopefully >they'll stick around a bit longer. > >Marie > > > > > >Marie Read Wildlife Photography >452 Ringwood Road >Freeville NY 13068 USA > >Phone 607-539-6608 >e-mail [email protected] > >http://www.marieread.com >http://www.agpix.com/mari > > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
