Thanks Ken! The area 6 cormorant was my observation - it was alone at the channel that runs behind Wegmans just north of the Cecil Malone Drive bridge, seen around noon.
-Paul On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM Kenneth V. Rosenberg <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Hi Paul, and everyone > > > > Thanks for compiling the CBC for another year – pretty amazing tally given > the brutal weather! > > > > There are some obvious adjustments to the waterbirds at the south end of > Cayuga Lake – sorry we weren’t able to coordinate that more in the field > this year. > > 1. There are 8 Double-crested Cormorants on the lake. They were on the > jetty most of the day (counted by parties in 7 and 8) and we watched them > go to roost on the snag in the water off Stewart Park. I don’t know where > the single bird was in Area 6, so it’s possible there were 9 total. > 2. Same with Coots – there is a single large raft in the SE corner of > the lake, visible from Stewart Park and East Shore Park. Unless Kevin had > additional birds to the north, I would go with the highest single count, > which was 186 birds. > 3. Some of the other waterfowl are clearly duplicates, but harder to > adjust accurately. I suspect Common Merganser is an overcount. There was a > raft that gathered at dusk off Stewart Park, with birds coming in from the > Inlet to join them. Highest single count was 95 birds. I don’t know if > birds also roosted on inland lakes, but I suspect this was most of the > birds in the count circle. > 4. Bald Eagle – you’d have to ask everyone the approximate time and > age of all birds seen, as it is almost certain that the same individuals > were counted by multiple parties. > 5. All the gulls at the compost piles come in to roost on the lake and > were likely counted in the late afternoon at Stewart Park. So, could > potentially adjust numbers down, especially Herring Gull. > 6. Canada Goose and Mallards are also probably overcounted, but I > couldn’t suggest any specific adjustments (Unless we just want to go with > afternoon counts from Area VIII, since birds come in from all over – but I > don’t think we usually do that). > > > > All for now, > > > > Ken > > > > Ken Rosenberg (he/him/his) > > Applied Conservation Scientist, Retired > > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > > k...@cornell.edu > > Cell: 607-342-4594 > > > > > > *From: *bounce-128554259-3493...@list.cornell.edu < > bounce-128554259-3493...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Paul Anderson < > fish...@gmail.com> > *Date: *Friday, January 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM > *To: *CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > *Subject: *[cayugabirds-l] Christmas Bird Count spreadsheet > > FYI, here's the link to the 2025 count spreadsheet: > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Lry_LYPTgPD-bZ6JV4bSIUzxJPl-GPsi1dV32CJ-Srs/edit?usp=sharing > . > > > > We just had the compilation meeting. Key takeaways included > > - 81 species so far > > - We smashed the record high for American Robins - 3689! The previous > record high was 698 in 2002 > > - Overall totals were low. The consensus is that the bad weather > suppressed observations, despite effort similar to recent years. > > - We may have new records for Bald Eagle and Double-crested Cormorant. > We'll know better once we've scrutinized the data. > > - House Sparrows may be on the decline. We had a record low of 129; the > previous record low was 308 in 2019. > > > > Of course all this data is subject to change. > > > > Thanks to Jared Dawson for presenting. > > > > -Paul > > > > -- > > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > > Rules and Information > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
