Livia and I kept vigil at Myers Point this morning from about 8:15 until after 10 as the winds shifted and the cold front came through. We didn't experience a major fallout by a long shot, but a few cool birds were around. Three LESSER and one GREATER YELLOWLEGS were on the point when we arrived, but they disappeared after a few minutes. A flock of GREATER SCAUP, two female BUFFLEHEAD, and a COMMON LOON were the only waterbirds we saw flying up the lake, and two or three CASPIAN TERNS the only terns. A tight flock of 36 BONAPARTE'S GULLS was sitting on the water and would intermittently fly up and circle the point. Swallows were in abundance, with 15+ Northern Rough-winged and dozens of Tree and Barn and a single female PURPLE MARTIN. No Cliff or Bank despite our best efforts. Finally, Chris Dalton and Ben Freeman found a GREEN HERON hunting along the creek and a cooperative RUSTY BLACKBIRD running around foraging and singing on the lawn nearby. Four RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were about the only birds of note looking south from Ladoga and the marina.
Afterwards, Livia, Kevin and I birded around Dryden during the rain storm. Conditions seemed perfect for a waterfowl or tern fallout at Dryden Lake, but we found none of either. We did see hundreds of swallows, including several BANK SWALLOWS as well as Barn, Tree, and Northern Rough-winged. At the entrance to the park we had a large flock of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS with a single dull female PINE WARBLER and two singing PALM WARBLERS (one Western, one unseen). At Kevin's house on Yellow Barn Road, a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was singing. Good birding, -Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected] -- 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/ --
