Hi all, This afternoon I found a female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE in a flock of Common Goldeneye in the channel at the mouth of Sodus Bay in Wayne County. It was hanging out mostly near the base of the east breakwall. The short, all yellowish-orange bill was conspicuous. We did not find the previously reported immature male King Eider, but it was seen later in the afternoon in the same area. A few photos of the goldeneye are here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S42469209
Earlier in the day we birded up the Oswego River from Baldwinsville to the Oswego Harbor. White-winged gulls were plentiful, with multiple Iceland and Glaucous at most of the locks. We did not find the continuing (or not) Slaty-backed, but a probable third-cycle Herring x Great Black-backed Gull was a highlight: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S42455062 Meanwhile back in Ithaca this evening, our local Herring x Great Black-backed was on the ice at the south end of the lake, along with a sampler of other gull species: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S42469376 Better photos of this bird from a few days ago can be seen here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S42342267 -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
