Cayugabirders Well, I simply couldn't being myself to join the bird club's Dryden Lake trip in this morning's horrendous weather, and I do hope that the intrepid souls that did were amply rewarded. But I did go there at 4:00 this afternoon with the sun finally shining. I walked the length of the trail along west side of the lake
Highlights on the lake: Common Loon (nonbreeding plumage) Raft of 45 or so Common Mergansers Red-breasted Merganser 1 male and 4 females at north end of lake Horned Grebes - a pair in gorgeous breeding plumage at the south end of the lake, 1 not-so-handsome one at the north end Canada Geese Landbirds were few and far between, but there was a dyad of Northern Flickers in the dead trees on the west of the trail. To end my walk in good style, a Belted Kingfisher flew over just as I reached my car! And on Mt Pleasant Rd earlier that afternoon, a Brown Thrasher caught my attention in the woods opposite the farm house in the dip, first giving a rather creaky, hesitant song then bursting into full song for a while. This is the first thrasher I have noted up there in many years. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** See my beautiful photo notecards: http://www.marieread.com/cpg/displayimage.php?album=478&pos=0 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
