Hello, I had one of my highest species totals of the fall this morning at Stewart Park. The landbirds here seem to be especially active on calm sunny days after long periods of cold north winds.
Location: Stewart Park Observation date: 11/21/10 933-1023 Notes: Sunny, 45 deg, light southeast wind. Lake very calm with minimal haze. Number of species: 41 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 300 Gadwall - Anas strepera 5 American Wigeon - Anas americana 2 American Black Duck - Anas rubripes 12 American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) - Anas rubripes x platyrhynchos 1 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 250 Redhead - Aythya americana 25 Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris 1 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis 8 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola 20 Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus 6 Common Merganser - Mergus merganser 3 Common Loon - Gavia immer 3 Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus 1 Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus 1 Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus 1 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 1 American Coot - Fulica americana 40 Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis 100 Herring Gull - Larus argentatus 125 Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus 1 on red jetty Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus 40 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 1 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 1 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) - Colaptes auratus [auratus Group] 2 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 3 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 15 Fish Crow - Corvus ossifragus 2 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 5 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) - Sitta carolinensis carolinensis 1 Brown Creeper - Certhia americana 1 west end of swan pen Winter Wren (Eastern) - Troglodytes troglodytes hiemalis/pusillus 2 heard calling from jetty woods and swan pen simultaneously. The swan pen bird was right along the shore of the inlet allowing for great views. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula 1 **Late; west end of Swan Pen Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 1 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 1 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 1 **Latest record for Tompkins County in eBird; calling from Jetty woods. White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 1 calling from Jetty Woods Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 3 House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 2 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis 19 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 5 -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
