John & I saw a juv. bald eagle circling over the gully & then flying west towards Cayuga Lake in the general area of where the nest is in the tall trees along the lake.
At Aurora on our way to Ithaca at 10:45 a.m., besides Canadas, we saw tight clusters, as well as long "streams", of ducks from just north of the boathouse down to the gravel bar coming out from the creek. Lots of white mist rising from the lake surface but coming home it appeared to be dark gray. North of Aurora, close along the shore across from the cemetery were at least 20 black ducks. Over Cayuga Mall & Aurora I saw male harriers. At the corner of Atwater & Lake Ridge Rds. heading north we saw 5 crows mobbing a raven. It landed in the nearby pasture & just sat there while the crows went into a tree across the corner. When a car passed us as we sat watching, the raven took that opportunity to escape southward. The crows didn't pursue. We had -10 deg. at our place in Union Springs 15 min. ago. Brrrrrr. Coldest in several yrs.. Lots of ice on the lake today. Fritzie -- 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/ --
