I stopped by Stewart Park yesterday, Jan. 4, at 9:45AM on my way to an appointment. Didn’t have my scope but had my 10x bins. I parked at the East end of the parking lot - on the gravel part. I estimated about 250 Red Heads about 30 yards off shore directly in front of me. Mixed in were about a dozen Scaup, mostly Lesser would be my guess. 5 Common Mergs scattered about, not participating in the Red Head raft. I only stayed 15 minutes or so. But just before I left a lone female Buffelhead flew in and landed in the water just in front of the pavilion overlook on Rt. 34. I expected fewer birds, but was pleasantly surprised to see the variety that I did.
Ken Haas > On Jan 5, 2019, at 5:32 PM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > On the other hand, on Saturday morning (Jan 5th) as I drove down Rt 13 around > 915 am, I saw a large raft of ducks just off Stewart Park (within a hundred > yards or so), went to check it out and it seemed to be Aythya but mostly > sleeping so hard to ID with just binoculars. > > Marie > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Phone 607-539-6608 > e-mail m...@cornell.edu <mailto:m...@cornell.edu> > Website: http://www.marieread.com <http://www.marieread.com/> > > ***NEW BOOK by Marie Read!*** > Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing > Birds and Their Behavior > > https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ > <https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/> > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-123222486-5851...@list.cornell.edu > <mailto:bounce-123222486-5851...@list.cornell.edu> > [bounce-123222486-5851...@list.cornell.edu > <mailto:bounce-123222486-5851...@list.cornell.edu>] on behalf of Sandy > [sandra.w...@gmail.com <mailto:sandra.w...@gmail.com>] > Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2019 11:24 AM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] empty lake - Stewart Park Friday observation > > Yesterday, Friday, 4 January, around 11:30am, Stewart Park was also strangely > devoid of birds and wondered if someone came through with dogs? There were > absolutely no Canada Geese on the lawns, but ample fresh green poop > everywhere (as usual). I found several dozen hugging the lake shoreline from > west to east with a few mallards, and I think I saw four sandpiper-size/shape > birds flush and peep as they flew (not sure, did not have my binoculars with > me). > > > > > > S.L. Wold, independent writer/artist/educator > "Chemtrails Ithaca" Facebook group admin documenting local and regional > geoengineering > > http://woldpeace.squarespace.com/ > www.sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist > <http://www.sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist><https://www.sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist > > <https://www.sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist>> > > > > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME>> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES>> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm>> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html>> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds>> > BirdingOnThe.Net > <http://birdingonthe.net/><http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html>> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>>! > -- > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ <http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
