[cayugabirds-l] Common Merganser evades Bald Eagles

Hi all, I was riveted by an encounter between two adult Bald Eagles and a female Common Merganser on Dryden Lake today. The merganser was in a small patch of open water, in an otherwise mostly frozen-over lake, and the eagles were perched on the ice edge just a few feet away. One or both

[cayugabirds-l] Reminder: CBC webinar with Melissa Groo December 14

Award-winning wildlife photographer Melissa Groo will present "Color and Grace: Birds of East Africa" at Cayuga Bird Club's online meeting/webinar on Monday, December 14 at 7:30 pm. Register to attend the webinar here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202012mtg

[cayugabirds-l] Golden eyes

Besides ~1000 Canada Geese & -~60 Mallards, there are ~170 Common Golden eyes in lake out from about where Algerine Road used to go straight down to Cayuga Lake. Also, my 2 dozen Pine Siskins were at my nyjer feeders when I left house 45 min. ago! Regulars for a couple weeks now. Donna Scott

[cayugabirds-l] Thousands of snow geese .. Union Springs

Daughter, Becky & I have just been watching numerous huge flocks of snows heading SSW over Cayuga Lake. They were high coming from ENE but with sun on them just before noon  ... beautiful sight. We could easily see blues mixed in with them. Didn't look like they were planning to hang around.