Hi all, Today’s northwesterly winds produced the first notable push of Common Loons over Cayuga Lake. In total, Bill Evans and I counted 415 flying south and 25 north from the loon watch location at Taughannock. The first wave (birds lifting off Cayuga Lake further north) was considerably smaller than the second wave (birds from Lake Ontario), with the second wave accountable for roughly 75% of the total. There was also a respectable push of raptors.
This weekend should still produce decent numbers as the winds continue from a northwesterly direction, but we expect fewer than today as there was probably a buildup of loons waiting for the winds to clock north and it’s also a bit early in the season. Feel free to join the loon watch whenever you have free time. I will be there every day through mid-December. Ethan -- 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/ --
