Over the yrs., with no problems that I know of, many have birded & walked at the marina here in Union Springs.
Last yr. the marina was sold & re-named Frontenac Marine. I was there on Tues. & Wed. ........ no problem. Yesterday, when Becky & I went down, a boat had been parked across the driveway. Today a yellow NO TRESSPASSING sign was up. Soooooo ........ Do your birding from Frontenac Park where the boat launch is. On a happier note, Becky & I tried again today to see the w. grebes from the home of a friend about 10 a.m.. The T. swans & great rafts of ducks were well north of Yawger Creek & Twin Oaks. We finally had to give up to run errands but a flyover adult B. Eagle was a treat. After lunch we went back to Twin Oaks where we met up with Dave Wheeler from Syr. & the Clements from Elmira. Only thing of interest was a MINK on the ice in the "inner harbor." It dove several times through the slush ice & came up with some creature that it ate. That was a treat ..... to the mink & us. Becky got a picture of it. Dave followed us out a new un-named road at the RR tracks ... too far north & the birds were in a siesta mode but Dave managed to spot the very distant western grebes. So, we led him back to the home of our friend, closer to the rafts. There he re-found them amidst that mass of feathers & we finally got to see the elusive, beautiful grebes. Becky had seen them often in her 32 yrs. in CO, both Western & Clark's. I saw a Clark's there in '02. Dave took pictures so hopefully he will post them. The rafts were moving back south, apparently due to 2 big pieces of noisy equipment working on the lake shore. So tonight several more of us can go to bed feeling triumphant that we saw what we had diligently sought. With thanks to all, Fritzie Blizzard & Becky Sewell -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
