I made two circles of the Swan Pen this morning looking for warblers but didn't find any. I did see two SPOTTED SANDPIPERS along the shore. Later from the eastern park shore I saw a RED-THROATED LOON and two HORNED GREBES. There was also a flock of 9 Scaup I took to be Greater (smooth low head-profiles). If anyone else who sees them thinks they are Lesser please let me know.
Later around home I heard a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH singing in a small gorge that feeds 6-mile Creek just below 30' dam. The spot is about a 1 minute scramble from where the lower leg of the rail-trail (the old railroad 'spur' which starts at Hillview) bends up to east below the playground by Iacovelli Park. There's a gate you can go through into the woods and then if you start to walk left and clockwise around the hill in front of you you can work your way down to the gorge edge Like Dave Nutter I put in some time trying to find the singing bird but eventually gave up. I was about 30' feet about the gorge at that point and he was above me. I've heard La. Waterthrushes here in past years and also heard them from the Mulholland side of 6-mile where this this gorge meets the main stream. Best...Stuart. -- 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/ --
