Hi all, We took a trip up the lake from Ithaca today to Montezuma. There were more ducks then I thought there would be along the wildlife drive, and we were lucky enough to see the two American avocets at Knox-Marcellus marsh. Here is what we saw:
Union Springs pond - 1 redhead Long Point road - kestrel MNWR Wildlife Drive (main pool) - mallard wigeon pintail - many in eclipse plumage, feeding with bottoms up close to the road wood duck - 2 in eclipse plumage greenwing teal - 1 female tundra swans double crested cormorant common gallinule - many juvenile and adults coot - lots gadwall great egret-2 great blue heron-many greater yellowlegs - 5 bald eagle - 2 peregrine falcon - one perched on the tall dead tree just at the curve where the road turns left and parallels Benning Marsh Knox-Marcellus Marsh American avocet - 2, actively feeding and flying around, always staying together sandhill crane - 5 great egrets - 10 numerous small waders, flying in 3-4 groups, way too far for us to identify but really nice to watch Canada geese, cormorants, gulls, tree swallows, great blue herons, mallards It was really nice day out! Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
