While the change in weather may not have driven a lot of excitement inland, we had new arrivals on the Ontario lakeshore. Dave W.
-----Original Message----- From: Tigger64 <[email protected]> To: oneidabirds <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Oct 6, 2012 11:04 pm Subject: [OneidaBirds] Derby Hill - Red Phalarope, good duck flight Virtually no gull movement was seen on otherwise excellent 25 kt West winds. Highlight was a Red Phalarope eventually close enough to see the bill, and a good movement of scoters and other ducks. Scoters in flight seen a lot of the time but possibly the same birds relocating after getting blown close to shore. Also the first Brant, a flock just off the bluff. Possibly good Sunday morning for ducks but the wind has mostly let up and doesn't appear it will start up again. Dave Wheeler N Syracuse, NY Derby Hill Hawk Watch--North Lookout, Oswego, US-NY Oct 6, 2012 2:00 PM - 6:30 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: With Kevin McGann and Gerry Smith; 25 kt west winds throughout observing period but lighter prior; virtually no gull flight 23 species (+1 other taxa) Brant 25 Canada Goose 15 Gadwall 2 American Wigeon 1 American Black Duck 12 Mallard 10 Blue-winged Teal 6 Northern Pintail 30 Greater/Lesser Scaup 15 Surf Scoter 8 including an adult male White-winged Scoter 75 Common Merganser 6 Red-breasted Merganser 4 Horned Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant 8 Turkey Vulture 50 Red Phalarope 1 Flying farther out, then closer in; shorter, thicker, blunter bill pointed to Red vs Red-necked Ring-billed Gull 60 Herring Gull 20 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Merlin 1 Common Raven 1 Soaring near Selkirk Shores SP Black-capped Chickadee 1 Northern Cardinal 1 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us Feedback . __,_._,___ -- 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/ --
