I went back again this afternoon, and gave myself more time to do a more thorough scan of the birds on the lake from Allan Treman. I found ALL the species I saw yesterday plus:
* an unseasonably late pair of Wood Ducks on the south edge of the raft, * 8 American Wigeons (more males than females) scattered in the raft, * 1 male Northern Pintail in the middle of the raft, * 1 female White-winged Scoter just off the NE edge of the raft diving with Hooded Mergansers and their friend the male Common Goldeneye, and * 1 female Long-tailed Duck far off to the NE diving alone in the middle of the lake. That’s 19 species of ducks, which, I think, is a lot. - - Dave Nutter > On Dec 25, 2024, at 11:22 PM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > > I had a look, scoping from the lakeshore at Allan Treman State Marine Park. I > don’t know the number of ducks, but there’s plenty of variety. It includes > the sweep of our species in the Aythya genus, in order of abundance: Redhead, > Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Canvasback, and at least one > breeding plumage male Tufted Duck. Also Mallards, and small numbers of > Gadwalls, American Black Ducks, Buffleheads, Ruddy Ducks, and a male Common > Goldeneye within or along the edges of the raft. Farther away from the raft > are quite a few Common Mergansers and Hooded Mergansers. > > Swimming and feeding near the edge of the ice shelf off Stewart Park there > was a fairly small but growing number of Canada Geese with 9 Tundra Swans > mixed in. > > And there are 2 Horned Grebes together way out in the lake and 8 > Double-crested Cormorants mostly on the Red Lighthouse Breakwater. > > Gulls include lots of American Herring Gulls, at least 27 adult Great > Black-backed Gulls, and some Ring-billed Gulls. > > There could be other ducks or grebes or loons hiding in the raft or > underwater as my scoped passed by farther out on the lake or Lesser > Black-backed, Iceland or other gulls hiding in the throng on the ice. > > It’s fun to look at these birds. Especially the Redheads & Mallards - very > Christmas-y. > > - - Dave Nutter > >> On Dec 25, 2024, at 2:02 PM, Elaina M. McCartney >> <elaina.mccart...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> >> If anyone would like to get some holiday fresh air and practice counting, >> there are HUGE rafts of waterfowl spreading along the 800 and 900 blocks of >> Taughannock Blvd. >> >> Elaina >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> ABA >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
