Last nights storm and today's wind brought many birds to Sullivan County. This afternoon I birded all the hot spots in the county. Yankee Lake, Swan Lake, Kiamesha Lake and a few others. Red-throated Loon is rare in the county and these were my first in several years. Fortunately, Scott and Paula Baldinger and Arlene Borko were able to come and see the one on Yankee Lake. Here are the highlights:
Yankee Lake: RED-THROATED LOON 1 Common Loon 2 Common Merganser 80 Common Goldeneye 10 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Hooded Merganser 2 Kiamesha Lake: RED-THROATED LOON 2 Common Loon 1 Ruddy Duck 10 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 2 BONAPARTE'S GULL 1 Herring Gull 15 Horned Grebe 2 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Bufflehead 1 Swan Lake: Common Loon 2 Common Merganser 225 Ring-necked Duck 6 Black Duck 14 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Ruddy Duck 1 Bufflehead 3 Additionally, several Common Loons and Hooded Mergansers were seen at smaller sites. John Haas -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
