[cayugabirds-l] sw corner Cayuga Lake--Tundra Swans et al.

[Elaina McCartney]

There have been regular visits by varying numbers of Tundra Swans (40+ 
yesterday, 9 today).  Waterfowl are reassembling after the withdrawal of ice 
mostly Canvasbacks and hardly any Canadas). While it was sunny, Tundra Swans 
were napping like snow lumps on an ice floe. Early this morning about 9 Tundras 
were flapping and spashing by my dock, a nice sight on a cold morning. 
Yesterday it looked like there were a lot of Tundras way across the lake to the 
east, but I couldn't be sure that there wasn't some sort of gull magnification 
phenomenon going on due to the ice, snow, sun and distance.

Elaina


Location: SW corner Cayuga Lake
Observation date: 2/11/11
Notes: A coherent group of 6 Tundra Swans shows up regularly in the SW 
corner of Cayuga--there are at least two young ones in the group (dark necks).  
They stay together even if other swans show up.
Number of species: 19

Canada Goose 8
Tundra Swan 9
American Wigeon 2
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 5
Canvasback 650
Redhead 210
Ring-necked Duck 9
Ruddy Duck 8
Great Black-backed Gull 4
gull sp. 9
Mourning Dove 17
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Carolina Wren 1
House Sparrow 10

This report was generated automatically by eBird 
v2(http://ebird.org)


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[cayugabirds-l] Hawk ID

[Elaina McCartney]

Longish tail, whitish at the tip, smaller than Red-tail, wings not particularly 
long in flight—I was thinking immature Cooper's or Sharp-shimmed but could use 
some guidance on ID.  It was scattering the Mourning Doves in the yard the way 
a Cooper's does.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emccartney/5434652985/in/set-72157594554486980/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emccartney/5435248552/in/set-72157594554486980/

thanks,
Elaina



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawk ID

[Elaina McCartney]

I know it's hard to tell size from the picture, but it's slightly bigger than 
an American Crow.

From: Asher Hockett mailto:veery...@gmail.com>>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:51:06 -0500
To: Elaina McCartney 
mailto:elaina.mccart...@cornell.edu>>
Cc: "CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu" 
mailto:CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu>>
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawk ID

Elena,

Well it's one of those! My sense is Sharpie, the tail is fairly square, but it 
is kind of big-headed.

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Elaina McCartney 
mailto:elaina.mccart...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Longish tail, whitish at the tip, smaller than Red-tail, wings not particularly 
long in flight—I was thinking immature Cooper's or Sharp-shimmed but could use 
some guidance on ID.  It was scattering the Mourning Doves in the yard the way 
a Cooper's does.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emccartney/5434652985/in/set-72157594554486980/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emccartney/5435248552/in/set-72157594554486980/

thanks,
Elaina





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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawk ID

[Asher Hockett]

Elena,

Well it's one of those! My sense is Sharpie, the tail is fairly square, but
it is kind of big-headed.

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Elaina McCartney <
elaina.mccart...@cornell.edu> wrote:

> Longish tail, whitish at the tip, smaller than Red-tail, wings not
> particularly long in flight—I was thinking immature Cooper's or
> Sharp-shimmed but could use some guidance on ID.  It was scattering the
> Mourning Doves in the yard the way a Cooper's does.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/emccartney/5434652985/in/set-72157594554486980
> /
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/emccartney/5435248552/in/set-72157594554486980
> /
>
> thanks,
> Elaina
>
>
>


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