I made a quick stop at Stewart Park today on my way back to work after lunch, and I did see 5 swans at the ice edge straight out from the large pavilion. It was about 1:15 PM. There also was 1 Bald Eagle in the tree by the boathouse.
Jim > 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 -- 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/ --
