Tim and I made a quick trip around the lake today, checking points north of
where we were yesterday (skipping Myers and Hog Hole).
On the way north, we found a small group of HORNED LARKS on the farm fields
a block east of 34B in King Ferry south of 90. I forget the name of the
road, but it goes through a big dairy farm. The water was too rough and the
conditions too windy for scoping from the Aurora boathouse. We found two
GADWALL and three GREEN-WINGED TEAL on Factory Road Pond. The teal were
tucked into the shrubbery on the lake end of the pond. There was a large
group of REDHEAD, a few BUFFLEHEAD, and two AMERICAN WIGEON on Mill Spring
Pond. The lake north of Union Springs was completely frozen.
We looked for the Snowy Owl around the Finger Lakes airport but could not
find it. We did not attempt Dean's Cove because the driveway looked icy. In
Sheldrake, we found lots of BUFFLEHEAD with a few GOLDENEYE mixed in. We
found one pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, and a very nice-looking male
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER.
Anne Marie Johnson
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