Not sure if these are FOY for the basin, but on Jan. 1 there were 3+ Trumpeters
south of Mud Lock, and 2 Mute seen from Harris Park. Many Tundras obviously.
Good numbers of geese, very few ducks. Several hundred distant Herring Gulls
on the ice edge as seen from Lower Lake Rd.
David Wheeler
In addition to the 98 species recorded on the Ithaca count, I'm aware of 3 other species reported on 1 January elsewhere in the basin. Two were the MUTE TRUMPETER SWANS which David Wheeler found south of Mud Lock. The third species is SNOWY OWL, and because this is a remarkable irruption season
