After being seen flying to the red lighthouse jetty and then disappearing at dusk last night, the group of six Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks have not been reported again. Livia and I spent a couple of hours searching the shore at the south end of Cayuga Lake by kayak this morning, including Stewart Park, Fall Creek along Renwick and Jetty Woods, Treman marina and shoreline, channel/lagoon by Hog Hole in the SW corner of the lake (perfect whistling-duck habitat!) and docks along the west side. We were, of course, unsuccessful. They may well be at Montezuma by now, so keep an eye out if you are up that way, or anywhere else on the lake for that matter.
In other odd duck news, a male COMMON GOLDENEYE is hanging around off of Frontenac Park in Union Springs, along with a couple of lingering BONAPARTE'S GULLS on the breakwall at the marina. Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected] -- 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/ --
