[cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed ducks
2 on Main Pool found by Allyn Paul (Refuge volunteer). Sar -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed ducks at Dryden Lake
At 4 PM there were two pairs of Long-tailed Ducks (did the Bald Eagles scare up a second one?), plus the Scaup, Ring-necked Ducks, Buffleheads, and some dabblers. Thanks for the heads-up! – John - John Cisne, Professor Emeritus Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 - From: on behalf of Kevin C Packard Reply-To: Kevin C Packard Date: Friday, March 26, 2021 at 12:28 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed ducks at Dryden Lake Hi everyone, This morning I took a walk at Dryden Lake and am happy to say that the lake is ice free. I found a flock of ring-necked ducks and scaup, and with them a pair of long-tailed ducks. The flock flew off the lake after one of the local bald eagles came too close, but they circled around and were still on the lake when I left this morning. There's also three horned grebes and a scattering of mergansers, bufflehead, and a few other ducks (wigeon, wood duck, mallards). The Jim Schug trail is free of ice and it makes for a pleasant walk. Even heard my first eastern phoebe for the year along it. Happy birding! Kevin Kevin C Packard 364 Ives Hall East Department of Social Statistics, ILR School Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-5381 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> 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> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed ducks at Dryden Lake
Hi everyone, This morning I took a walk at Dryden Lake and am happy to say that the lake is ice free. I found a flock of ring-necked ducks and scaup, and with them a pair of long-tailed ducks. The flock flew off the lake after one of the local bald eagles came too close, but they circled around and were still on the lake when I left this morning. There's also three horned grebes and a scattering of mergansers, bufflehead, and a few other ducks (wigeon, wood duck, mallards). The Jim Schug trail is free of ice and it makes for a pleasant walk. Even heard my first eastern phoebe for the year along it. Happy birding! Kevin Kevin C Packard 364 Ives Hall East Department of Social Statistics, ILR School Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-5381 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed Ducks at East Shore Park
There is a large, ~60, flock of Long-tailed Ducks west of East Shore Park toward the Red Lighthouse Jetty. I think it’s a pure flock and hard to count in the waves, but is the largest group I’ve seen on the lake. I’d like another estimate of numbers if anyone sees them. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed ducks at Myers Point
11 long-tailed ducks easily viewed from the marina at Myers Point, 2:45 pm. Rafts of redheads, many goldeneyes and other waterfowl as well. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed Ducks at Myers
On a brief stop at Myers mid-morning, I found two LONG-TAILED DUCKS south of the lighthouse, in the vicinity of a Coot raft that was venturing out from the marina. Also in the group were a COMMON GOLDENEYE, a BUFFLEHEAD, two BLACK DUCKS, and lots of Mallards. The group of seven all or mostly WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, along with a female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, continue off of East Shore Park. Looking toward Stewart Park, I could see LOTS of COMMON and HOODED MERGANSERS. But I did not have time to go to Stewart Park to scan more carefully from there. Anne Marie Johnson -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed ducks and Athya flocks
Hi all, Yesterday, I went to Sodus Bay to look for exotic Long tailed ducks (I find males very adorable with their cute pink bills), Scoters etc from a close distance. Unfortunately, I forgot to pick up my scope, so I had to be satisfied with the binocular views. I did see a large flock of Long-tailed ducks and heard them calling too. But most of them were far away from the lighthouse pier. I watched them courting, including females showing some behaviors. Once a female chased three males away. Otherwise often a young male would be chased away by the older adults. Adult males were throwing their heads back and showing off their breast plumage to females. Adult males often left the groups and venture out to feed on their own. They often preened and stretched. I also saw all three species of scoters. at least four White-winged scoters, two female Black Scoters and at least one male Surf Scoter. They mostly remained at the edge of the pier close to the main lake and went occasionally behind the break wall and were not visible. Other than that there was one Common Loon that came to mouth of the pier very often and one lone Goldeneye spent most of his time near lighthouse. Out in the lake there were many more Long-tailed ducks and many unidentifiable dots. There were several flocks of gulls at various locations, but did not get chance to pull out and look at each and everyone of them. On the way on Rt 14 at one location in Huron, saw a flock of about 30 Redpolls on a tree and a few Tree Sparrows mixed in. On the way back I came via Rt 89. From Knox-Marcellus I could see at the far end of Mcuklands lots of gulls, ducks and a few swans. Scanned with binoculars for raptors, only birds I saw were Red-tailed Hawks. No sign of any falcons except for one Kestrel in Butler and two Ring-necked Pheasants near MAC. Close to Reed Road, I saw a bird, with large head and pointy ears, with wings folding way back in flight dive into the conifer clump, which I think was a LONG-EARED OWL. I had at most some 4 seconds look at it as it flew into the confers. Then, I stopped at Tschache, there was a pair of adult Bald Eagles sitting next to each other on a bald tree. I back drove via Lake Road in Seneca Falls where I came across several rafts of Athya ducks of total of about 10 ducks. One flock was probably as big as 8000 ducks. Mainly consisted of Redheads, 5% of Ring-necked, Greater scaup and some Lesser scaup too. There were occasional coots and other species like widgeon or mallard mixed in at the edge of the flock. I spent more than an hour watching the main raft, which continuously churned and twisted and moved around to form a raft and break out and reform the group. It was such a constant motion, reminded me of the wind energy map http://hint.fm/wind/ . I was curious to see how the flock moved and what the individuals in the flock did. Nearly 50% of them were mostly snoozing with their head tucked in most of the time, but yet they moved with the flock. I think they are semiconscious and keep up with the flock movement as occasionally I found them waking up and surveying the surrounding birds. Birds in the middle of the flock did variety of things like, stretching, feeding, chasing others etc. And occasionally something spooked them when many of them moved in one direction and other moved in other direction. When they moved in one direction it created some kind of water turbulence movement that made even sleeping bird wake up and join the moving flock. At one point the big round flock made a bay in one corner by moving away from the center like typical painter's dish we used to have in school days. When a flock from elsewhere came, landed right among the ducks and not on the edges similar to as I have observed for geese too. I have some 30 minutes video to see what was going on in the flock. I will post couple of cuts to you tube when I get chance. On the whole it was spectacular day with nice warm temperature. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Long tailed ducks-Long Point
Two long tailed ducks close in on north side of Long Point Park. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Long-tailed Ducks, Common Loon
On my way to Aurora today I turned onto that loop road that goes down to the lake in Levannah. Saw my FOY Common Loon not far from shore, and just a couple hundred feet south of it was a small raft of 11 Long-tailed Ducks. They were feeding very actively and it was now-you-see-them (for 5-10 seconds) and then now-you-don't (for the next 45-60). They all dove together and popped back to the surface as a group as well. Fun watching them at such close range. Kathy Strickland, Union Springs _ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
