Hello, I enjoyed a frigid yet very birdy 45 minutes this morning at Stewart Park. Full species list and comments below:
Stewart Park, Tompkins, US-NY Mar 25, 2011 8:43 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Overcast, cold N wind, good visibility partial choppiness 43 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 40 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 6 Gadwall (Anas strepera) 3 American Wigeon (Anas americana) 8 Offshore with other ducks; later I found a group of four birds on the ice in Fall Creek. Two truculent males were attempting to mount an unwilling female as the third male stood aside. I reached for my camera in the backseat and started taking pictures of the ensuing drama. All of a sudden a Red-tailed Hawk came to the rescue of the poor female as it landed on a male wigeon, who just barely escaped with his life! See http://www.flickr.com/photos/seabamirum/tags/wigeon/show/ for a slideshow of all the action. American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 2 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 40 Green-winged Teal (American) (Anas crecca carolinensis) 4 Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) 1 male Redhead (Aythya americana) 20 Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 175 Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) 2 Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 60 Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 22 Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 1 male Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 4 Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 12 Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 14 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 *FOY; descended into Jetty Woods from the south but later flew away again. Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1 on golf course Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 80 Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) 5 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 3 Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 3 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 4 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2 Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1 calling Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 4 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 1 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1 singing from Jetty woods White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) (Sitta carolinensis carolinensis) 1 Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2 singing Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 1 singing American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 5 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1 swan pen European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 75 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 5 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 2 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 1 Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 10 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 15 Good birding -- Tim Lenz [email protected] 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/[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/ --
