Just back from along the NE section of Cayuga Lake. Nothing much different that what others have been seeing, but did witness 2 cool mass flights. From Mud Lock (Bald Eagle on nest) I heard the cries of the Tundra Swans that had been out on the far side of the lake, and moments later several hundred flew directly over in skeins of varying lengths. A couple hours later I was viewing the southern end of the Redhead (and others) raft from a friend's yard. As I was opening the car door to leave I heard a wall of waterfowl yelps, looked north, and most of the 20,000 (an estimate I read on this listserve) were in the air and sweeping in dark masses a huge flock of blackbirds. For several minutes I watched, fascinated. They were mostly settled down again when I finally left. Didn't see a single raptor the entire 3 hrs. Kathy Strickland, Union Springs -- 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/ --
