I stopped by Myers Pt. from ~4:30 - 5 PM today and saw lots of gulls and Mallards by Myers beach. Many Coots in the marina area, with Mallards and Canada Geese.
North of Salt Point were hundreds of Redheads, 40-50 Ring-necked Ducks, a Bufflehead female and a Gr.? Scaup. It was rainy and misty, so there may have been other species in the raft of Redheads, but it was hard to see out there. I don't think there were any Canvasbacks, but I could be wrong. On the way home, I went down Sweazey Rd., off Rt. 34B, and there was the Screech Owl dozing in its hole in the dead tree on the north side of the dirt part of the road, about half-way down to Bill George Rd. from the bottom of the Cornell Orchard. I had not seen this Screech Owl the last 3 times I went there over a 2 week period. It must have different places to sleep during the day. Yesterday, I saw the Screech Owl in the box in the Factory St. Pond in Union Springs, before and after going to see the thousands of swans near Lock CS-1 (Mud Lock) at the north end of the lake (~4 PM). Also saw 2 adult Bald Eagles in trees south of the big eagle nest by the dam and lock, and a Hooded Merganser male in the distance (thanks to Steve and Linda Benedict's scope). Later, thousands of Snow Geese and Canada Geese flew over in noisy vees, towards the southwest. A lone Greater Scaup with brown and white feathers on one flank and pure white feathers on its other side was swimming with a Mallard pair near the barges and the little jetty between the dam and the lock. Donna Scott -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
