Just one bird to add -- a single GREAT BLUE HERON in the thawed Ithaca Relief channel near Lowe's in Ithaca today, with about 60 Mallards. I did not scope the ducks further along the canals for possible GW Teal or others, but this can be a birdy pace on count day.
KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) [email protected] On Dec 29, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > 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 -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
