Shawn Billerman, Chris Wiley, and I spent the day out birding yesterday
(20 March 2010), and saw most of the same birds that others have
reported (as we spent at least some time with many of the others who
have reported). As crazy as it is to say this on a day when we saw
Western Grebe, Eurasian Wigeon, and Sandhill Crane, I think the bird
that most interested me yesterday was a COMMON RAVEN that we heard while
scanning Aurora Bay from the Wells College Boathouse. This bird was
quite close--probably just upslope a bit in the vicinity of the Wells
campus. I believe that this is the first time that I have ever seen or
heard a raven that was essentially at the shore of Cayuga Lake, and only
the second Basin raven that I have noted away from higher elevation
areas south or east of Ithaca. Have others noted any ravens down by the
lake?
Matt Medler
Ithaca
P.S. We stopped in Aurora to look for Eared Grebe on the mirror-like
lake. No luck with Eared Grebe, but there were a few Horned Grebes.
Overall, we had a four-grebe day!
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