Re:[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe--No, Montezuma Main Pool

[Jay McGowan]

Tried again for the grebe on the Main Pool this morning, again without
success. I did finally find a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE out on the far
side of the goose flock.

Yesterday picking Livia up from the Syracuse airport we found a well-marked
SNOWY OWL sitting on a snow pile north of the overflow parking lot.
On Dec 27, 2015 10:20 AM, "Jay McGowan"  wrote:

> The rain has made viewing difficult this morning, but with some effort
> several of us have done a pretty thorough scan of the main pool, without
> success. Six GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen near the tower, and a
> SHORT-EARED OWL was being harassed by harriers out over the cattails. Duck
> numbers and diversity are still impressive.
> On Dec 26, 2015 5:50 PM, "Jay McGowan"  wrote:
>
>> A report from eBird just came through of a WESTERN GREBE amongst the
>> plentiful waterfowl on the main pool of Montezuma around midday today,
>> presumably viewed from the tower near the visitor center.
>>
>> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26461969
>>
>

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe--No, Montezuma Main Pool

[Jennifer Marshall]

Snowy owl at Lower Lake Rd. Seneca Falls. 
Sent from my iPhone (typos to be expected)

> On Dec 27, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Jay McGowan  wrote:
> 
> The rain has made viewing difficult this morning, but with some effort 
> several of us have done a pretty thorough scan of the main pool, without 
> success. Six GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen near the tower, and a 
> SHORT-EARED OWL was being harassed by harriers out over the cattails. Duck 
> numbers and diversity are still impressive.
> 
>> On Dec 26, 2015 5:50 PM, "Jay McGowan"  wrote:
>> A report from eBird just came through of a WESTERN GREBE amongst the 
>> plentiful waterfowl on the main pool of Montezuma around midday today, 
>> presumably viewed from the tower near the visitor center.
>> 
>> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26461969
>> 
> 
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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe--No, Montezuma Main Pool

[Jay McGowan]

The rain has made viewing difficult this morning, but with some effort
several of us have done a pretty thorough scan of the main pool, without
success. Six GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen near the tower, and a
SHORT-EARED OWL was being harassed by harriers out over the cattails. Duck
numbers and diversity are still impressive.
On Dec 26, 2015 5:50 PM, "Jay McGowan"  wrote:

> A report from eBird just came through of a WESTERN GREBE amongst the
> plentiful waterfowl on the main pool of Montezuma around midday today,
> presumably viewed from the tower near the visitor center.
>
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26461969
>

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe, Montezuma Main Pool

[Jay McGowan]

A report from eBird just came through of a WESTERN GREBE amongst the
plentiful waterfowl on the main pool of Montezuma around midday today,
presumably viewed from the tower near the visitor center.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26461969

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at south end

[Brad Walker]

Hi all,

Tim Lenz and I just spotted the WESTERN GREBE
far from shore, but visible from the swan pen at Stewart Park. There is
also a woman walking around on the exposed mud with two dogs, leaving very
few other birds to be seen.

Brad

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[cayugabirds-l] Western grebe

[Brad Walker]

The grebe is currently swimming and diving past the red lighthouse, seen
from Stewart Park. There is also a red throated loon in the vicinity.

Brad

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[cayugabirds-l] WESTERN GREBE PERSISTS

[sbk1]

The WESTERN GREBE is north and east of red lighthouse. Viewed from East Shore 
park. Stuart

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe

[Brad Walker]

The grebe is currently swimming around a bit to the north of East Shore
Park.  It is visible from Stewart Park.

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe

[Brad Walker]

To elaborate more on the grebe's position: Tim and I were looking from the
Swan Pen at Stewart Park when I spotted the grebe this morning. From
Stewart Park, if you look to the northeast along the east shore, you'll see
a squat, yellow shed near a break in the trees where the road is visible.
The grebe was swimming around there looking back and forth. For the last
five minutes we were there, the grebe was swimming alongside a Red-throated
Loon for a great comparison.

Also present was a gorgeous adult male CANVASBACK, in the canal next to the
boathouse. I've never seen one so close.

-Brad

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Brad Walker edgarallenhoo...@gmail.comwrote:

 The grebe is currently swimming around a bit to the north of East Shore
 Park.  It is visible from Stewart Park.

 Brad


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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park

[Brad Walker]

Hi all,

Tim Lenz, Scott Haber and I just spotted the Western Grebe swimming around
off East Shore park.

Brad

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park

[Donna Scott]

Thanks, Brad!

I arrived at E. Shore Park an hour after your posting and was able to see the 
Western Grebe in the distance towards that bluish-gray piling with a light that 
is north from the red lighthouse.  
The W. Grebe was still close enough to see with just binocs. It stood up in the 
water and flapped its wings, then a few minutes later, flew a bit towards 
Stewart Park.

All the photos people have posted helped me to identify the bird.

I drove over to the park to get a different view, but did not see it again even 
though I went from one end to the other. Maybe it went into the Inlet?

thanks again, it is a life bird for me!

Donna Scott
Lansing

  - Original Message - 
  From: Brad Walker 
  To: Cayugabirds 
  Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:02 AM
  Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park


  Hi all, 

  Tim Lenz, Scott Haber and I just spotted the Western Grebe swimming around 
off East Shore park. 

  Brad

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park

[Meena Haribal]

This repeated sighting of a single grebe vs. two grebes together makes me think 
there are/were three birds on the lake.
But I must also say this, past Saturday I was sitting at Myers and watching 
bird movements, some seemed very random, but I watched lots of Common 
Mergansers head to south-end of the lake and they were flying quite high and 
sometimes not visible without binoculars, but they seemed to be heading further 
south than stopping at Myers. I saw several groups with total of more than 150 
birds. My thought was the that the north end was getting frozen, so birds moved 
 to south end of the lake. It would take them an hour plus if they flew 30 to 
40 miles an hour. So the grebes probably can also do this.
Yesterday afternoon I was home for an errand and I too heard a Bluebird singing 
in the yard from top of a Norway maple!
Today at the bus stop near East Hill Plaza, I heard robin's chuck chucking, but 
could not see any robins and then I realized a pair of starlings were engaged 
in romantic moments and one of the starling was making that sound. That was 
very cool!

Meena
Meena Haribal
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Phone 607-254-1258
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[mailto:bounce-40376313-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Brad Walker
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:02 AM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park


Hi all,

Tim Lenz, Scott Haber and I just spotted the Western Grebe swimming around off 
East Shore park.

Brad
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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe

[Brad Walker]

A western grebe is currently swimming around straight out from the swan pen
at Stewart Park. It's actively diving and a little difficult to pick out
initially.

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe

[Brad Walker]

One of the Western Grebes is swimming and diving often between the red
light house and the pilings, headed towards the east shore, seen from
Stewart Park.

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[cayugabirds-l] Western grebe

[bob garrison]

I too scanned the southern end of Cayuga Lake around mid-day Tue, using a 
telescope, but saw no Western grebe. Several small flocks of Canada geese took 
off from the lake and were heading south.
Is it normal for the lake to be so low this time of year?
Bob GarrisonSpencer, NY
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe

[Dave Nutter]

A WESTERN GREBE was visible far to the northwest from Stewart Park until at least 10:30am. I wasn't sure if I could see a light loral spot. The flank seemed more uniformly gray than I recall from my previous closer sighting from the southwest corner of the lake, and the only whitish part may have been associated with the bird's leg. The black hind-neck stripe was plenty wide (like Gary's photo). The bill was long and dull yellowish. I don't know if this is a different bird than I saw before.Also present:COMMON LOON - 1 far to northwestRED-THROATED LOON - 2 together middling far to northBALD EAGLE - 1 immature on log where cormorant often restsDOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT - on log only before eagle arrived; later off swimmingunidentified carcass floating belly-up south of piling cluster - possible Canada Goose - large webbed black feet in air; white bellly  undertail; gray breast; brown wing/side? ; black bill poking up out of waterI didn't pick out any unusual gulls or ducks.--Dave NutterOn Feb 14, 2012, at 08:51 AM, Brad Walker edgarallenhoo...@gmail.com wrote:One of the Western Grebes is swimming and diving often between the red light house and the pilings, headed towards the east shore, seen from Stewart Park. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - Cayuga Co.

[Tom Johnson]

Hi,
Jay McGowan and I are looking at a Western Grebe at Twin Oaks Campground on
the east side of Cayuga Lake north of Union Springs.  The bird is with a
big Aythya raft.
Cheers,
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - Cayuga Co.

[Matthew Medler]

Can anybody go to Stewart Park right now to see if there might be three Western 
Grebes on the lake at the moment?

Great finds, guys!




 From: Tom Johnson t...@cornell.edu
To: Tom Johnson t...@cornell.edu 
Cc: cayugabirds cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu 
Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 3:59 PM
Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - Cayuga Co.
 

We were wrong.  There are actually TWO Western Grebes here.  

On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Tom Johnson t...@cornell.edu wrote:
 Hi,
 Jay McGowan and I are looking at a Western Grebe at Twin Oaks Campground on 
 the east side of Cayuga Lake north of Union Springs.  The bird is with a big 
 Aythya raft.
 Cheers,
 Tom

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - Cayuga Co.

[Tim Lenz]

Wow!  For what it's worth, I couldn't find the bird at the south end of the
lake at lunch today even though viewing conditions were perfect.  I did see
the two RED-THROATED LOONS and five COMMON LOONS.

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Tom Johnson t...@cornell.edu wrote:

 We were wrong.  There are actually TWO Western Grebes here.


 On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Tom Johnson t...@cornell.edu wrote:
  Hi,
  Jay McGowan and I are looking at a Western Grebe at Twin Oaks Campground
 on the east side of Cayuga Lake north of Union Springs.  The bird is with a
 big Aythya raft.
  Cheers,
  Tom
 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - Cayuga Co.

[Dave Nutter]

About 2:40pm I got a call from Jerry Lazarczyk saying he and Doug Beattie had 
briefly seen a Western Grebe at 2pm near the red lighthouse close to a Horned 
Grebe, but they were giving up on refinding it. I did  it get a chance to look 
thoroughly because I was working, but a brief limited scan from the taxi a half 
hour later did not show me any grebes. I think it's inconclusive whether there 
are 3 and our southern bird was playing its usual hide and seek or whether it 
flew north and joined another bird for a total of 2.

--Dave Nutter
Ithaca, NY

On Feb 8, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Matthew Medler matthewmed...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Can anybody go to Stewart Park right now to see if there might be three 
 Western Grebes on the lake at the moment?
 
 Great finds, guys!
 
 From: Tom Johnson t...@cornell.edu
 To: Tom Johnson t...@cornell.edu 
 Cc: cayugabirds cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu 
 Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 3:59 PM
 Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - Cayuga Co.
 
 We were wrong.  There are actually TWO Western Grebes here.  
 
 On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Tom Johnson t...@cornell.edu wrote:
  Hi,
  Jay McGowan and I are looking at a Western Grebe at Twin Oaks Campground on 
  the east side of Cayuga Lake north of Union Springs.  The bird is with a 
  big Aythya raft.
  Cheers,
  Tom
 
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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe still around

[Jay McGowan]

I haven't seen any posts for a day or two, but Tom Johnson saw the
WESTERN GREBE around 2:15 this afternoon (7 February 2012) from
Stewart Park. He said it was near the red lighthouse jetty.

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - No (Hog Hole) Sunday PM

[tigger64]

For what it's worth, Bernie Carr and I spent several hours at the south end of 
Cayuga Lake on Sunday afternoon and could not find the Western Grebe.  We 
looked from what we took to be Hog Hole and could see two Red-throated Loons 
close together, and a Common Loon several hundred yards away.  The RT Loons 
were distant and we looked at them carefully but still thought they were both 
Red-throated Loons.  Over at East Shore Park we could see the same two birds 
and thought they were both RT Loons from that position, plus a total of three 
Common Loons.  We didn't go up Rte 89 and were out of time and did not go north 
of East Shore Park.  We also dipped on the White-winged Crossbills at 
Summerhill, finding only Pine Siskins plus a single Goldfinch at the Hovel 
Chalet.

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N Syracuse, NY



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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe close in hog hole

[daven1024]

Western Grebe easily found hog hole at 120pm. Still present close in at 144. 
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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe Was there!

[Meena Haribal]

Thanks  Dave Nutter for keeping track of the Western Grebe!

I finally did manage to go down to the lake, first time I went to Stewart park, 
my tripod did not work well. So had to go to get my better tripod, which was in 
the lab. Then as I came down from the campus, I had to make split second 
decision as to go to Hogs Hole  or go to the White Lighthouse Jetty.  Decided 
to do a mile trek to the lighthouse.

I scanned the previously noted location twice and did not see the grebe. So I 
scanned rest of the lake.

Then on third scan, I managed to watch it, as it was just ducking into the 
water. So it was there at  least. A little later came up next a pair of 
displaying Goldeneyes. This time it did not dive back immediately. Actually, 
remained on the surface and waved his leg in the air as if to let me know it 
was there! Then it preened, dove, preened again and dove. Then sat on the water 
and lazily watched around, especially three of its neighbors were displaying 
Goldeneyes, putting there head back and probably saying something.

After watching the grebe  and other waterfowls for half an hour plus, I headed 
back. I had almost reached  my car and then suddenly I felt I need to find car 
keys. I had this nagging doubt that I had left it on the jetty. So stopped at 
one of the picnic tables and searched my numerous pockets on numerous jackets I 
was wearing and my backpack, but did not find it. So headed back to the 
lighthouse and the place I had stopped was behind the lighthouse, so I could 
not see if the keys were there or not until I reached the end. After reaching 
the I did not find the keys. Then I once more was looking for them in my 
pockets, first pocket I felt, there it was! Probably it was hidden between the 
gloves when I first checked.

But as I had come back, I thought I will scan the lake for the grebe again. 
This time I did not find it nor I found any other ducks it was hanging with. 
Maybe some of the local residents had disturbed them. I scanned the lake, but 
seemed not anywhere in view. Probably it is hanging around somewhere at the 
middle of lake.



But anyway I had pay to the grebe debt in 4 miles! It was good to practise with 
load, hopefully an exercise for my upcoming Himalyan trek!



Cheers

 meena









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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe, Shrike, White-winged TV

[Kenneth Victor Rosenberg]

Some incidental birding today produced some excellent birds. At 12:30, in 
between errands, I decided to to a quick check from the first pullout on Rt. 89 
(#829) above Hogs Hole. I could see only 4 birds in the SW sector of the lake 
-- 3 LESSER SCAUP and a WESTERN GREBE. The grebe was fairly close and gave 
excellent scope views in the emerging sunlight, and some fair digiscoping 
chances. A little later, I drove behind the Ithaca airport hoping for a shrike, 
and found crisp adult NORTHERN SHRIKE on Neimi Rd -- just at the west edge of 
the ponds. Two TURKEY VULTURES flew over, one of them the striking partially 
white-winged individual that has been around this winter -- actually the first 
time I've seen it.

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe still there

[Jay McGowan]

The WESTERN GREBE is being very accommodating near the southwest
corner of the lake. I was looking from along Taughannock Boulevard,
but I think it would have been almost equivalent viewing from Hogs
Hole or the white lighthouse (and it would have been fantastic looks
from the red lighthouse!) As it was, the bird was close enough for
very good looks through a scope, unsatisfying looks in binoculars, and
mediocre (but better than earlier in the week) photos. It was spending
some time with a group of scaup as well as diving and wandering around
a bit, but generally due north from Hogs Hole. A male RUDDY DUCK was
also swimming nearby, and I saw a male LONG-TAILED DUCK fly north up
the lake. This morning Tim and Brad also had two distant WHITE-WINGED
SCOTERS from East Shore looking towards the yacht club.

Last night I stopped by Stewart Park to look for gulls. I succeeded in
finding two 1st-cycle ICELAND GULLS and what I took to be a 2nd-cycle
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, perhaps the same as the 3rd-cycle others
have reported? The overall look was of a 1st-cycle Lesser, with some
pattern on the back and a mostly dark bill. However, the back was
quite dark (darker than any Herring) with some yellow on the bill. I
would like to see this bird again in better light.

Finally, yesterday morning I spent a little time at Summerhill, where
I had 33+ WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS on Salt Road just south of Hoag, and
a few more (or some of the same) crossbills and about 40 PINE SISKINS
at the swamp on Hoag.

Good birding,
-Jay

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Hog Hole

[Gary Kohlenberg]

W. Grebe easily visible from Hog Hole now. Directly north with small flock of 
Scaup. 




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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Hog Hole

[bob mcguire]

I visited Hog Hole about an hour before Gary, noting the Western Grebe  
close in – and a Red-throated Loon out past the White Lighthouse.

Bob
On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Gary Kohlenberg wrote:

 W. Grebe easily visible from Hog Hole now. Directly north with small  
 flock of Scaup.




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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe report 1Feb2012

[Jay McGowan]

Although several of us failed to relocated the WESTERN GREBE this
morning from Stewart Park and East Shore Park, Tim Lenz posted to the
Cayuga RBA that he saw the bird distantly to the north from East Shore
Park swimming south around 12:45PM. I have heard no subsequent reports
of it, but at least it is still in the area.

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Stewart Pk

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 Western Grebe at Stewart Pk says Tim Lenz.
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[cayugabirds-l] Western grebe

[Brad Walker]

The grebe is currently between east shore park and the white light house,
associating with the golden eye flock.

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe

[Jay McGowan]

The WESTERN GREBE is still present. I can see it to the NE from Stewart,
probably fairly close from East Shore.

Jay McGowan

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe - NO Thursday morning

[Kevin J. McGowan]

I checked Myers Point this morning for the Western Grebe, but did not find it.  
The water was calm and there was no heat shimmer, although a bit of fog 
obscured the opposite shore.

Very little around except Mallards.  I found only one COMMON LOON (bill entire) 
south of the point, and a male LESSER SCAUP on shore in the private marina 
fraternizing with three female REDHEADS while a male BELTED KINGFISHER looked 
on.

Kevin

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe?

[Christopher Wood]

Did anyone look for the grebe this morning? There are quite a few
people from other parts of the state and around here who would like to
see it, so please post if you do go look for it.

Thanks,
Chris Wood

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe?

[tigger64]

For what it's worth, Jim Tarolli and I looked for it yesterday between 4:15 and 
5:00pm and didn't see it.  We were scoping from the lighthouse.  I am by no 
means suggesting that it is gone, and I hope others have better luck.

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Western grebe?

[Maria Stager]

I saw the WEGR Tuesday ~3pm from the south side of the marina at Myer's. (I
had not spotted it from the lighthouse in the half hour prior.) There was a
strong wind coming out of the north and it was diving frequently, moving
south and then west; I lost sight of it in the chop around 3:30.

Maria

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RE:[cayugabirds-l] WESTERN GREBE

[Chris Tessaglia-Hymes]

Big thanks to Chris and Jessie (note, the ie...cold fingers slipped up on
my iPhone in my message below)! Also, thanks to Bob McGuire, Chris Wood, and
Dave Nutter for use of optics! Excellent find and it's about time this
showed up here again...it's on the Basin List, but I don't know when that
was.

Good luck and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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From: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes [mailto:c...@cornell.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:14 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: WESTERN GREBE

The Western Grebe, first sighted by Chris Wood and Jesse Barry, is still
visible on Cayuga Lake from the Myers Point lighthouse in the Town of
Lansing. Moving North. Way out there.

Sincerely, 
Chris T-H

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[cayugabirds-l] WESTERN GREBE

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

The Western Grebe, first sighted by Chris Wood and Jesse Barry, is still 
visible on Cayuga Lake from the Myers Point lighthouse in the Town of Lansing. 
Moving North. Way out there.

Sincerely, 
Chris T-H

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RE:[cayugabirds-l] WESTERN GREBE

[Meena Haribal]

Hi all, 
If anyone from the Cornell campus heading towards Western Grebe and willing to 
give me a ride, let me know. 
My number 2541258.

Meena 


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[mailto:bounce-39129130-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher T. 
Tessaglia-Hymes
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:14 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] WESTERN GREBE

The Western Grebe, first sighted by Chris Wood and Jesse Barry, is still 
visible on Cayuga Lake from the Myers Point lighthouse in the Town of Lansing. 
Moving North. Way out there.

Sincerely, 
Chris T-H

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[cayugabirds-l] Western grebe. Yes

[daven1024]

Still at chimney bluffs state park as of 1030am Sat 3/20
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs, 4PM Wends.

[david nicosia]

All, 

I am planning a trip up to Lake Ontario this Saturday with my wife.
I will be stopping by Chimney Bluffs in the hopes of seeing the Western
Grebe. I also heard that there are many other great spots up there for
other birds. Does anyone have any suggestions on locations
in that general area around lake ontario? Please email me at 
 daven1...@yahoo.com   if you have any suggestions. The weather
is going to be awesome on Saturdayupper 60s and sun.   

Thanks so much

Good birding to all! 
Dave Nicosia





From: James G. Kohlenberg jg...@cornell.edu
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu
Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 9:31:37 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs, 4PM Wends.

 
With beautiful calm, sunny weather I was able to find the
Western Grebe this afternoon, Wednesday, at 4 PM. It was straight out from the
parking area, swimming, snoozing and preening. Over about an hour it swam 
leisurely
west until it was behind the bluff. I was able to pick it up again by scanning
from the State Park shore. 
 
  I noticed a couple things;
it doesn't associate with the Red-necked Grebes at all. Once when crossing
paths with another Grebe it dove and swam underneath to avoid a close encounter.
Many times it looked like it had something trailing behind like a tail
extension, but was only dragging a leg. I've seen other birds stretch their
legs, but this guy seemed to do in constantly mostly the right leg. Sometimes
he would windmill his leg around the side of his body. I don't think anything
was wrong, maybe it just felt good. When past the bluff toward the State Park he
resumed actively feeding, diving about every 30 seconds and staying down about
20 seconds each time. He came up with a fish on very many of those dives. This
lasted about 1/2 hour. He then resumed swimming out to the northwest in a
straight line, but not diving anymore. He must have been full. When I left at 6
PM he was still visible in the scope. 
 
Gary Kohlenberg


  
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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe

[D.M.Kennedy]

The Western Grebe was found at 12:30 this afternoon at Chimney Bluffs State 
Park (west of the bluffs) with the help of an Eaton birder. Fairly close and 
cooperative. Red-necked Grebes, White-winged Scoters, Long-tailed Ducks, Common 
Goldeneye, Red-breasted and Common Mergansers also present.

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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs, 4PM Wends.

[James G. Kohlenberg]

With beautiful calm, sunny weather I was able to find the Western Grebe this 
afternoon, Wednesday, at 4 PM. It was straight out from the parking area, 
swimming, snoozing and preening. Over about an hour it swam leisurely west 
until it was behind the bluff. I was able to pick it up again by scanning from 
the State Park shore.



  I noticed a couple things; it doesn't associate with the Red-necked 
Grebes at all. Once when crossing paths with another Grebe it dove and swam 
underneath to avoid a close encounter. Many times it looked like it had 
something trailing behind like a tail extension, but was only dragging a leg. 
I've seen other birds stretch their legs, but this guy seemed to do in 
constantly mostly the right leg. Sometimes he would windmill his leg around the 
side of his body. I don't think anything was wrong, maybe it just felt good. 
When past the bluff toward the State Park he resumed actively feeding, diving 
about every 30 seconds and staying down about 20 seconds each time. He came up 
with a fish on very many of those dives. This lasted about 1/2 hour. He then 
resumed swimming out to the northwest in a straight line, but not diving 
anymore. He must have been full. When I left at 6 PM he was still visible in 
the scope.



Gary Kohlenberg


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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe Tuesday 3/16/10

[Leona Lauster]

I missed the Western Grebe late yesterday afternoon and then read the post from 
Jerry Lazarczyk this morning and decided to try again on the eastern access to 
Chimney Bluffs.  It was a much better day to try as there was less wind and 
therefore less wave action and there was better light today.  We arrived at 
11:00 am and found Curt Fox searching.  Bob found the Grebe in just minutes.  
It was out to the west or left from the parking area.  Too far away for a photo 
for us.  Then it swam in closer.  Then Jean Skelly arrived and got a look 
through Bob's scope before it disappeared behind the cliffs.  Curt climbed the 
walk to the top of the bluffs and saw it from there.  It might have been 
possible to see it from the beach also but we didn't try that as I had to get 
back to work.
Leona Lauster
Lyons, NY
Thanks again to Chuck Gibson.
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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at Chimney Bluffs State Park, Lake Ontario

[Matthew Medler]

Hi All,

I just received a message from Chris Wiley to say that he and some other
Ithaca birders are currently (10:30 am, 14 March 2010) watching a
WESTERN GREBE at Chimney Bluffs State Park, located on Lake Ontario in
Wayne County.  The bird is just off-shore from the parking lot area.
There are also about 30 Red-necked Grebes present, but the Western Grebe
is apparently staying to itself.

This bird appears to have swum under the radar for the past few days.
   It was reported to eBird on 11 March 2010, and because of its rarity
in the state, triggered a report on the eBird Notable Birds Google
Gadget (http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/Google_Gadget.html) for New
York.  However, I have not seen any mention of it on any local listserves.

Good luck if you go!

Matt Medler
Ithaca


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[cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe, Eurasian Wigeon, Sandhill Crane, Ross's Geese etc

[Chris Wiley]

With our group suffering various cases of hydrophobia, sleeping-in,  
and hangovers, Tim Lenz and I were the only ones willing and able for  
a day of birding. And what a wonderful day it ended up being! The  
rain mostly kept away, the skies were full of geese and swans,  
flooded fields everywhere were teaming with ducks, blackbird and  
grackle song filled the air, and there were good numbers of raptors  
attracted to all the commotion.


We started off by heading up to Chimney Bluffs State Park (Lake  
Ontario) to look for the reported Western Grebe. The windy conditions  
meant that it wasn't easy scanning the choppy water, but there were  
plenty of birds present to keep things interesting. Large numbers of  
LONG-TAILED DUCKS, COMMON GOLDENEYE and RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS,  
three WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and around 30 RED-NECKED GREBES made for  
entertaining searching. After about 40min, we located the WESTERN  
GREBE swimming just offshore from the parking lot. The distance and  
wind precluded fantastic photos, though some grainy, out-of-focus  
ones were taken.


Sodus Bay had 20+ MUTE SWAN, 5 TRUMPETER SWANS, and about 30 HOODED  
MERGANSERS.


We stopped along Road 414 back down to Clyde where the first  
thousands of SNOW GEESE and hundreds of TUNDRA SWANS of the day were  
flying over. We managed to pick out one ROSS'S GOOSE from the crowd,  
as well as a very pale-backed CACKLING GOOSE in a field with some  
Canadas.


Down in Montezuma, VanDyne Spoor Rd contained enormous quantities of  
NORTHERN PINTAIL, one SANDHILL CRANE, one NORTHERN SHRIKE, one very  
brown juvenile PEREGRINE FALCON (tantalizingly gyr falon-esque), at  
least six NORTHERN HARRIERS (many of which persistently mobbed the  
aforementioned falcon), and a couple of pale ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS.  
Quite the show!


The mucklands lacked the enormous goose-flocks seen there during the  
past week, but still harbored a couple of thousand snow geese. In the  
pool on the eastern end of the mucklands (visible from the potato  
building), were good numbers of wigeon and other dabblers, including  
our first drake EURASIAN WIGEON of the day.  Also here, was a second  
PEREGRINE FALCON (an adult), which posed on a sign 10 feet from the  
car for a photo.


The main pool at Montezuma had over a thousand CANVASBACK (with a  
smattering of other Aethya mixed in), hundreds of TUNDRA SWANS,  
hundreds of RING-NECKED DUCK, and 30 NORTHERN SHOVELLERS.


There continue to be huge rafts of Aethya ducks off Cayuga State Park  
at the northern end of the lake, although they were well offshore.  
These consisted of a fairly even mixture of REDHEAD, SCAUP, RING- 
NECKED DUCK, CANVASBACK and AMERICAN WIGEON, with a drake EURASIAN  
WIGEON mixed in. Here, we also saw another ROSS'S GOOSE flying  
overhead with the streams of Snow Geese.


We finished off the day with a single COMMON LOON off Sheldrake Point.

I'm sure I'm forgetting many other things right now - there were  
birds absolutely everywhere today! I hope others got a chance to get  
out and see the spectacle.


Happy birding,

Chris Wiley,
Ithaca NY

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