[cayugabirds-l] Odd (hybrid) goose at Stewart Park

2014-11-22 Thread phil mc
What looked to be a Canada/domestic goose cross in the area nearest the entrance to Stewart Park Photo here:    bird of the day |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | bird of the dayOnline reports had cackling geese hanging around with the Canada geese in West Concord, MA, so I decided to go see if I

[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Horned Larks

2014-11-22 Thread Marie P. Read
Hi all, Friday afternoon around 3:30, I watched a large flock of Horned Larks foraging along the roadside and in a newly harvested cornfield at the eastern end of Mt Pleasant Rd...a rough count turned up 70 but there were more. I tried at first to turn them into Snow Buntings but did not

Re: [cayugabirds-l] N. Gannet at Seneca Lake

2014-11-22 Thread Gary Kohlenberg
I was able to find the Northern Gannet this morning about 9:45. It was swimming far to the north of Seneca Marina. I scanned from Clute Park at 60x. The huge size jumped out especially compared to the Common Loons nearby. An incredible bird for the lake and a wonderful find by the Gregoire's.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] N. Gannet at Seneca Lake

2014-11-22 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
I searched for several hours from several vantage points this morning beginning just before 10. No luck. Some other birds of note were 58 TUNDRA SWANS, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, and a late SAVANNAH SPARROW in a flock of juncos on the way up to Salt Point. Ken Sent from my

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday Field Trip

2014-11-22 Thread Ann Mitchell
Bob Horn and I led a trip to Montezuma today. We were accompanied by four great birders -Diane, Ken, Judy, and Phil. This report will not show all the species we saw at each spot (like ebird does), but I repeated some of them. We started at Stewart Park, birding the east side. The species