Okay, I apologize for yet another message. I guess I just get excited.
This is a summary of Count Week highlights so far. I spent some time
at Stewart and East Shore Parks today because business was so slow,
then went home early and spent more time at Treman Marine Park:
SNOW GOOSE - 1 adult white, off Stewart Park ice shelf this afternoon
Canada Goose
TUNDRA SWAN - 4 adult, 1 immature in southeast corner of lake this morning
Gadwall - at least 2
AMERICAN WIGEON - 2 males off Stewart Park ice shelf this afternoon
American Black Duck
Mallard
NORTHERN PINTAIL - 1 male off Stewart Park ice shelf this afternoon
CANVASBACK - 1 male this morning, 2 females this afternoon, Stewart Park near Redheads
Redhead
RING-NECKED DUCK - 1 male off Treman Marine Park this afternoon
GREATER SCAUP - 1 male, 1 female from East Shore Park this morning
Lesser Scaup - several from East Shore, Stewart, & Treman
KING EIDER - 1 male seen off Stewart Park this morning
Bufflehead - 2 males off East Shore this morning, 5 females off Stewart Park this afternoon
Common Goldeneye
HOODED MERGANSER - 1 male off Treman Marine Park this afternoon
Common Merganser
RUDDY DUCK - 2 males, 9 females off Treman Marine Park this afternoon
COMMON LOON - 4 far north of Treman Marine Park this afternoon
BALD EAGLE - 2 adults on snag opposite Cascadilla boathouse this morning
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
This is a pretty good list! I hope they all survive and stick around through count day
(and the rest of the winter), and that viewing conditions on Jan 1 are as nice as they
were this evening.
There was a lot of movement today, and several birds were only seen for brief periods.
Several birders this afternoon were disappointed because the King Eider was not evident.
Among recently seen water birds which are MISSING from my Count Week list so far are:
Cackling Goose, Long-tailed Duck, Horned Grebe, American Coot, Lesser Black-backed
Gull, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher.
I haven't heard news of the Red-throated Loon in awhile, and I suspect the last
Double-crested Cormorant is gone, though it's worth looking for, as is Red-necked Grebe,
which was reported awhile back at Myers (which is a bit outside the count circle).
Did the Red-winged Blackbird re-appear?
It's exciting to see so many other reports of cool Count Week Birds too:
TURKEY VULTURE - Triphammer Rd; Game Farm Rd - Laura Stenzler
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - George Rd - Steve & Susie Fast
AMERICAN KESTREL - Burdick Hill Rd - Dave Nutter
PEREGRINE FALCON - K-Mart - Martha Fischer
SHORT-EARED OWL - at airport - Jay McGowan
COMMON REDPOLL. - Triphammer Terrace & Hillcrest Rd - Stuart Krasnoff
--Dave Nutter
This is a summary of Count Week highlights so far. I spent some time
at Stewart and East Shore Parks today because business was so slow,
then went home early and spent more time at Treman Marine Park:
SNOW GOOSE - 1 adult white, off Stewart Park ice shelf this afternoon
Canada Goose
TUNDRA SWAN - 4 adult, 1 immature in southeast corner of lake this morning
Gadwall - at least 2
AMERICAN WIGEON - 2 males off Stewart Park ice shelf this afternoon
American Black Duck
Mallard
NORTHERN PINTAIL - 1 male off Stewart Park ice shelf this afternoon
CANVASBACK - 1 male this morning, 2 females this afternoon, Stewart Park near Redheads
Redhead
RING-NECKED DUCK - 1 male off Treman Marine Park this afternoon
GREATER SCAUP - 1 male, 1 female from East Shore Park this morning
Lesser Scaup - several from East Shore, Stewart, & Treman
KING EIDER - 1 male seen off Stewart Park this morning
Bufflehead - 2 males off East Shore this morning, 5 females off Stewart Park this afternoon
Common Goldeneye
HOODED MERGANSER - 1 male off Treman Marine Park this afternoon
Common Merganser
RUDDY DUCK - 2 males, 9 females off Treman Marine Park this afternoon
COMMON LOON - 4 far north of Treman Marine Park this afternoon
BALD EAGLE - 2 adults on snag opposite Cascadilla boathouse this morning
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
This is a pretty good list! I hope they all survive and stick around through count day
(and the rest of the winter), and that viewing conditions on Jan 1 are as nice as they
were this evening.
There was a lot of movement today, and several birds were only seen for brief periods.
Several birders this afternoon were disappointed because the King Eider was not evident.
Among recently seen water birds which are MISSING from my Count Week list so far are:
Cackling Goose, Long-tailed Duck, Horned Grebe, American Coot, Lesser Black-backed
Gull, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher.
I haven't heard news of the Red-throated Loon in awhile, and I suspect the last
Double-crested Cormorant is gone, though it's worth looking for, as is Red-necked Grebe,
which was reported awhile back at Myers (which is a bit outside the count circle).
Did the Red-winged Blackbird re-appear?
It's exciting to see so many other reports of cool Count Week Birds too:
TURKEY VULTURE - Triphammer Rd; Game Farm Rd - Laura Stenzler
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - George Rd - Steve & Susie Fast
AMERICAN KESTREL - Burdick Hill Rd - Dave Nutter
PEREGRINE FALCON - K-Mart - Martha Fischer
SHORT-EARED OWL - at airport - Jay McGowan
COMMON REDPOLL. - Triphammer Terrace & Hillcrest Rd - Stuart Krasnoff
--Dave Nutter
