Chris, Thanks correcting me as to who saw it first. But it is incredible that this loon has lived a good life for so long. May be next generation of loons from his side will have broken mandibles and in maybe years we will have a new species of loons who might evolved to feed on different kinds of food that does not need support of lower mandible. I am sure all the shrikes we see are also coming to same locations year after year and I bet most of them are same individuals. I remember one Rufous-backed shrike was coming to Mating railway station year after year and spent most of the time on the power line in front of ladies compartment location. No, it was not looking at ladies, but for the trains that was the location where ladies could wait for.
It is not only large birds, but even small humming birds seem to have site fidelity. If you go Bill Hilton's website you can see many stories. Such small creatures can remember locations so well! Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf<http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf> From: bounce-39130024-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-39130024-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 1:36 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] LOON - FW: even more of the same Here's Ben Fambrough's original posting on 4 April 2001, which Matt Williams later makes reference to in a follow-up posting two days later on 6 April 2001, regarding the now annual "broken-billed Common Loon". This loon has been sighted alive at Myers Point over the course of a total of 10 years, 9 months, and 7 days. This repetitive sighting data of an individual helps lend credence to belief that there is strong winter site fidelity in certain additional species/individuals on Cayuga Lake (and at other locales), such as "the" Eared Grebe in Aurora, or the Sheldrake Pacific Loon as Bob eluded to. Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp From: owner-cayugabird...@cornell.edu<mailto:owner-cayugabird...@cornell.edu> [mailto:owner-cayugabird...@cornell.edu]<mailto:[mailto:owner-cayugabird...@cornell.edu]> On Behalf Of Ben Fambrough Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 1:46 PM To: Upstate NY Birding Subject: even more of the same Last night I indulged myself in an after-work birding stop at my Sandbank Rd spot for Woodcock. At least two were preenting in the moonlight. This morning I stopped by the Sweedler Preserve at Lick Brook and heard a Louisianna Waterthrush singing. A few large groups of Tree Swallows were moving north over the main pool at MNWR on Monday. I saw Matt Williams' winter plumaged Red-throated Loon from Cayuga Lake State Park. Many Common Loons grace the lake, as you know, but one of the Myer's point birds of today at a deformed or broken lower mandible. It seemed otherwise healthy. Ben Fambrough -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- 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/ --
