Hi, I spent about three hours on Van Dyne Spoor Rd. today trying to get a positive Id on what I believe to be a Northern Shrike. I saw it enough to be 95 % sure, but never got a photo. If it's the usual suspect returning to that spot, it has the same wariness that I've come to expect. There was a small flock of Tree Sparrows, a Great Blue Heron, two Blue Jays, two Goldfinch, one White-breasted Nuthatch, two Titmouse, and one mature Bald Eagle. There were about eighty plus Tundra Swans on the lake mixed in with some ducks where Route 89 meets the lake rd. It was too dark to see what kind of ducks, but I was able to make some out as mallards.
Diana Whiting Diana Whiting Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.com > On Dec 2, 2014, at 6:56 PM, Michael Tetlow <mjtet...@frontiernet.net> wrote: > > As previously posted on Genesee birds the wildlife drive and the area > around the observation tower and bathrooms are closed until December 16th for > deer hunting. As I complained to the office they cited too many deer in that > area. They will reevaluate after this trial. Weather permitting it will be > opened after that. Scoping from the visitor center overlook we found at least > 950 Tundra Swans and a surprisingly large group of Ring-necked ducks (2000+?) > considering the date and how much of the pool was frozen. Coot seemed to have > moved on but several groups of Gadwall remained. The first large flocks of > Snow Geese that we have seen were flying southbound overhead and they > continued for a couple hours until right before the snow started around 3:30. > Probably 3000 total. > On Knox-Marcellus from East Road there were another 53 tundra Swans and 49 > Sandhill Cranes. > On Van-dyne Spoor Road a Cooper’s Hawk hunted the hedgerow which turned > out to have 40 Tree and 1 Song Sparrows. 1 No. Harrier and 1 Rough-legged > hawk had success hunting over the wetland to the south where they flushed up > 2 Green-winged Teal. Then the snow came. Mike Tetlow and Dominic Sherony > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
