All:
At about 8:30am this morning I had what Mike had, plus one HORNED GREBE
very far out and mostly underwater, and about 8 RUDDY DUCKs all the way
to the west.
Paul
Hi all,
I made a quick stop at Stewart Park this morning to scope the lake
from the eastern corner of the park. Very few birds were settled when
I arrived, presumably flushed by gunshots from the western corner of
the lake and/or a BALD EAGLE soaring overhead. During my 20 minutes
scoping the lake I found the WHITE-WINGED SCOTER directly north from
where I stood, about 100 yards off the ice shelf, and a raft of
REDHEADS and SCAUP continued to build immediately off of the ice. A
female COMMON GOLDENEYE was by herself just off the ice in the center
of the park.
I did not find the Cackling Goose previously reported, nor any
white-winged or Lesser Black-back gulls. The biggest surprise was a
PIED-BILLED GREBE swimming north towards East Shore Park, continually
flicking its head to scope side-to-side in that nervousy, grebey way
they have.
Good birding,
Mike
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Mike Powers
Horseheads, NY
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Date: Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Subject: eBird Report - Stewart Park Ithaca , 1/4/11
Location: Stewart Park Ithaca
Observation date: 1/4/11
Notes: Several gunshots throughout my observation period from the
western corner of the lake. Ducks were just settling when I arrived,
I suspect due to the eagle and hunting activities. Aythya raft was
just off the ice shelf in the eastern corner of the lake and continued
to build throughout my observation period. Conditions: 28*F, 100%
cloud cover, light breeze from the south, no precipitation.
Number of species: 20
Canada Goose 120
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 80
Canvasback 2
Redhead 220
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 40
Greater/Lesser Scaup 60
White-winged Scoter 1 Not associating with Redhead/Scaup raft,
approximately 100m off of the ice shelf on the east side of the park.
Common Goldeneye 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1 Observed in the direction of East Shore
Park as it swam north near the eastern shore of the lake.
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Ring-billed Gull 65
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 28
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 46
Northern Cardinal 1
American Goldfinch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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