I counted through all the ducks at Stewart Park around noon today. I didn't have anything really new from what's been reported, so here is my complete checklist:
Stewart Park, Tompkins, US-NY Oct 23, 2011 11:30 AM - 1:05 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) 27 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 770 - a huge number, everywhere on the water, in Fall Creek, on the golf course, and overhead. I counted as methodically as I could by 5s and 10s. I couldn't find any other goose species among them Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 12 - all in the pond between Stewart Park and the woods Gadwall (Anas strepera) 4 American Wigeon (Anas americana) 2 American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 3 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 92 Redhead (Aythya americana) 1 Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 18 Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) 2 Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 1 - far over by the East shore Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 6 - most of them in Fall Creek Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 19 Common Loon (Gavia immer) 1 - far out on the lake Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 15 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 41 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 4 - a line of four heading south high over towards campus American Coot (Fulica americana) 220 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 40 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 65 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 11 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 1 - Swan Pen House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 10 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Cheers, Nick -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
