My understanding on George Rd. pond is that the beaver dam that created it was to be removed. The Dryden village is in the process of restoring the railroad bed to a walking trail. If someone could verify this please do. I think we may have lost a terrific birding spot. Gary
On Apr 9, 2012, at 10:09 AM, "Jay McGowan" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi all, Livia and I also found many of the birds reported by others along Cayuga Lake and the Montezuma area. A few additional reports: A CASPIAN TERN flying north up the lake past Myers Point in the morning. A late NORTHERN SHRIKE perching in small tress on the north side of Carncross Road; two CASPIAN TERNS flying along the channel at the end of Carncross Road. A MUTE SWAN with three TRUMPETER SWANS at the end of Morgan Road. The two WESTERN GREBES visible from Cayuga Lake State Park on the west side of the lake just before dusk. This morning, George Road pond was still extremely dry, apparently drained. I'm still unclear on the ownership of this area, but it is obviously a huge loss to the area if this draining is permanent. A few GREEN-WINGED TEAL were still using the small channel of water, and a single KILLDEER and a COYOTE were walking around on the mudflats. Perhaps most notable was a singing VESPER SPARROW uphill from the intersection of 38 and Hart Road. Good birding, -Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -- 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/[email protected]/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/[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/ --
