The following species were reported at the tally this evening for the Ithaca
count. For species found only by one party I try to provide the name(s) of the
initial observer(s) and a general description of the location, including the
town. This information will also go in the first records list for the Cayuga
Lake Basin on the Cayuga Bird Club website. Please send me corrections or
missing information. Thanks.
--Dave Nutter
SNOW GOOSE
ROSS'S GOOSE Ken Rosenberg Stewart Park ice shelf and adjacent Cayuga
Lake, Ithaca (This bird was present for awhile this morning then disappeared
for the day but returned at dark with Canada Geese to the east end of the ice
shelf.)
CANADA GOOSE
GADWALL
AMERICAN WIGEON
5
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
MALLARD
NORTHERN PINTAIL Ken Rosenberg et al Stewart Park, Ithaca
REDHEAD
RING-NECKED DUCK
10
LESSER SCAUP Ken Rosenberg et al Stewart Park, Ithaca
LONG-TAILED DUCK Ken Rosenberg et al Stewart Park, Ithaca
BUFFLEHEAD
COMMON GOLDENEYE
HOODED MERGANSER
15
COMMON MERGANSER
RED-HEADED MERGANSER
RUDDY DUCK Scott Sutcliffe et al? Treman Marine State Park, Ithaca?
RUFFED GROUSE
WILD TURKEY
20
COMMON LOON
PIED-BILLED GREBE
HORNED GREBE
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT 7 birds was a new high
GREAT BLUE HERON
25
TURKEY VULTURE
BALD EAGLE (Single birds reported in adjacent sectors 6, 7, & 8. The one in
sector 7 was in adult plumage except it had a narrow dark band near the tip of
the otherwise white tail. Were the others different?)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
COOPER'S HAWK
RED-TAILED HAWK
30
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
AMERICAN KESTREL
MERLIN Elliot Miller Bluegrass Lane, Ithaca
PEREGRINE FALCON 3 reports from sector 8, possibly of the same bird
peregrinating
AMERICAN COOT
35
RING-BILLED GULL
HERRING GULL
ICELAND GULL Kevin McGowan Portland Point
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
40
ROCK PIGEON
MOURNING DOVE
EASTERN SCREECH-OWL
GREAT HORNED OWL
BARRED OWL Sandy Podulka Caroline Depot Rd, Caroline
45
BELTED KINGFISHER
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER Dave Nutter Warren Pl north of Richard Pl,
West Hill, City of Ithaca
DOWNY WOODPECKER
HAIRY WOODPECKER
50
NORTHERN FLICKER
PILEATED WOODPECKER
NORTHERN SHRIKE (1 on Hile School Rd which is outside the basin, the other
which is in the basin by Meena Haribal on Irish Settlement Road, Dryden)
BLUE JAY
AMERICAN CROW
55
FISH CROW
COMMON RAVEN
HORNED LARK (2 sites in sector 1)
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
TUFTED TITMOUSE
60
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH
BROWN CREEPER
CAROLINA WREN
HOUSE WREN Scott Sutcliffe et al Cass Park vicinity? City of Ithaca
65
WINTER WREN
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET
EASTERN BLUEBIRD
HERMIT THRUSH John Fitzpatrick Thomas Rd, Dryden/Caroline
AMERICAN ROBIN
70
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
EUROPEAN STARLING
CEDAR WAXWING
SNOW BUNTING
YELLOW-RUMPED (MYRTLE) WARBLER Asher Hockett, Sandy Wold behind former
NCR factory, South Hill, Ithaca
75
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
SONG SPARROW
SWAMP SPARROW John Fitzpatrick Thomas Rd, Dryden/Caroline
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW Jay McGowan Stevenson Rd hedgerow, Dryden
80
DARK-EYED (SLATE-COLORED) JUNCO
NORTHERN CARDINAL
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD Susan Soboroff et al location?
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD
PURPLE FINCH Paul Anderson along railroad tracks south of Cayuga Inlet
fish ladder, Town of Ithaca
85
HOUSE FINCH
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
HOUSE SPARROW
88 species on Count Day. Am I missing something? There were also the hybrid
"Mallard X American Black Duck" and the not identified to species "Scaup sp".
Not found on Count Day but possibly around for Count Week (29 Dec through 4 Jan)
CACKLING GOOSE reported 28 Dec by Adriaan Dokter on Cayuga Inlet from Jetty
Woods
CANVASBACK CW: 1 male with Redheads off Treman Marine SP on 29 Dec by Dave
Nutter
GREATER SCAUP CW: 3 off Treman Marine SP on 29 Dec per Dave Nutter
BLACK SCOTER CW: 1 female seen from Treman Marine SP by piling cluster on
29 Dec by Dave Nutter
RING-NECKED PHEASANT haven't any escaped from the game farm?
RED-THROATED LOON
RED-NECKED GREBE
NORTHERN HARRIER
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
GLAUCOUS GULL CW: seen at Stewart Park on 31 Dec by Dave Nutter & Jay
McGowan
SHORT-EARED OWL
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
EASTERN TOWHEE reported as recently as 16 Dec by Marsha Kardon on Perry
Lane, West Hill, Town of Ithaca
Also found today outside the Ithaca count circle but within the Cayuga Lake
Basin:
WOOD DUCK Therese O'Connor Cayuga Lake from Taughannock Falls State
Park
(note: a report of 2 OSPREY standing on ice at Montezuma NWR is probably
immature BALD EAGLES)
TRUMPETER SWAN Dave Kennedy Armitage Rd, Savannah
TUNDRA SWAN Dave Kennedy Cayuga Lake SP, Seneca Falls
NORTHERN HARRIER Dave Kennedy Seyboldt Rd, Canoga, Town of Fayette
AMERICAN PIPIT Jay McGowan Myers Point
--Dave Nutter
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