Hi all, I was an errand to pick up some plants. So I went to Sheldrake to look for loons. I did see about 40+ loons, but all of them were Common Loon. I was hoping at least one different loon I would see, but no such luck. But it was fun to watch the loons. Most of them were putting there face inside water to look for fish and swimming. A few of them came up with something in their beak. One looked like a big snail. They were scattered in groups of three or fours. One loon vocalized many times. I think it was the same guy as it sounded from same location. Other than loons, there were a few Black Ducks, Buffleheads, three Red-breasted Mergansers, two males and five females of Hooded Mergansers, one Red-bellied woodpecker and a couple of Red-tailed Hawk were observed.
At Taughannock SP I saw a lone Bonaparte's Gull flying south and other usual birds, including couple of Common Loons. I was planning to go all the way to Cayuga lake State Park, but felt it was too long to drive hence returned from Sheldrake. Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
