As Marie described, the weather at Dryden Lake was terrible this morning. There were three of us and we did see about 40 Common Mergansers and a couple Canada Geese on the water. We talked about hanging out under one of the pavilions for awhile, but it was truly dismal with the rain and wind, so we called it off there, and dispersed!
Good birding, Gladys On 4/23/2011 6:13 PM, Marie P Read wrote:
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 [email protected] 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/[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/ --
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