Tim's counts don't seem unreasonable at all. Here is a count for one of my
stops yesterday, midday, on my way up the east side of the lake. The Tundra
Swan numbers are high here and at Towpath Mach. Where I counted over 500.
Location: Harris Park
Observation date: 2/20/11
Number of species: 15
Canada Goose 310
Tundra Swan 304
Gadwall 6
American Wigeon 3
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 2
Canvasback 220
Redhead 3800
Ring-necked Duck 21
Greater Scaup 11
Lesser Scaup 3
Greater/Lesser Scaup 14
Common Goldeneye 21
American Coot 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
American Crow 3
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From: bounce-8346169-3493...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-8346169-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Lenz
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 8:15 PM
To: CayugaBirds
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sunday Cayuga Lake Birding
Hi,
This afternoon I went up the west side of Cayuga Lake and circled around
eastward to Union Springs before it got dark. Three LONG-TAILED DUCKS and a
pair of AMERICAN WIGEON were about the only birds of note at Sheldrake.
There's now open water at Mud Lock, which is hosting three TRUMPETER SWANS and
many TUNDRA SWANS. A polynya north of Harris Park was filled to the brim with
Aythya ducks, dabblers, gulls, and swans:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seabamirum/5463545394/lightbox/
I spent the last half hour before sunset scanning through the mother raft of
waterfowl off Frontenac Park in Union Springs:
Frontenac Park, Cayuga, US-NY
Feb 20, 2011 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Overcast, calm winds. Glass lake.
22 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 300
Tundra Swan 50
Gadwall 30
American Wigeon 15
American Black Duck 100
Mallard 150
Northern Pintail 4
Canvasback 2500
Redhead 18000 Two unbroken parallel lines of amorphous width spanning from
the island to Farleys Pt.
Ring-necked Duck 500
Greater Scaup X
Lesser Scaup X
Greater/Lesser Scaup 2000
Bufflehead 30
Common Goldeneye 175
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 250
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Eastern Bluebird 7 Flew in from the south into the large willow in front
of the building, then continued northward.
European Starling 15
American Tree Sparrow 1 heard only
Of course the numbers above are only estimates but I don't think any of them
are too unreasonable.
Good birding
--
Tim Lenz
t...@cornell.edumailto:t...@cornell.edu
Web Applications Developer
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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