Below are total species for our SFO Saturday All Day Trip. Leaders were Ann Mitchell and I. | Ann's notes are below. We had a total of 18 students. It was such a great day. We had so much fun that, before we knew it, the day was over!! Thanks to all for such a great birding trip!!
Dave Nicosia Johnson City, NY Apr 7, 2012 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM Comments: Dave Nicosia and I led the day trip around the lake. Since Dave's and my agenda were about the same, we decided to combine our trip. These are the highlights of the trip: Ladoga Park - 3 Common Loons, 2 Red-necked Grebes, a couple Coots, Ring-necked Ducks, Common Merganser. Myers Point - We saw a raft of waterfowl south of the point, so we walked to the lighthouse. The raft consisted of 2 White-winged Scoters, many Long-tailed Ducks, some Horned Grebes in breeding plumage, Ring-necked Ducks, and Wood Ducks. Harris Park area on Lake Street - All Aythya species (except for Ring-necked Ducks), Ruddy Ducks, 2 Western Grebes, Horned Grebe in breeding plumage. Visitors Center - Blue and Green-winged Teal, Northern Shovelers, Gadwall, American Wigeon, 2 Greater Yellowlegs. Martens Tract - Pied-billed Grebe, Sora, Virginia Rail, possible American Bittern. Dave saw a Eurasian Wigeon, but no one else got on it. East Road - Add ons were Double-crested Cormorants, 2 Snow Geese. We ran out of time, so we headed home. While there, we did see numerous Osprey nests and Osprey with fish, the Mudlock Eaglets, 2 male Northern Harriers in different locations, Red-tailed Hawks, and Turkey Vultures. Best, Ann P.S. If anyone remembers any other important sightings, please respond. Total 76 species- this is what at least 2 students saw/heard or 1 student + 1 leader saw/heard. Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) X Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) X Gadwall (Anas strepera) X American Wigeon (Anas americana) X American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) X Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) X Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) X Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) X Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) X Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) X Redhead (Aythya americana) X Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) X Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) X Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) X White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) X Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) X Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) X Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) X Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) X Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) X Common Loon (Gavia immer) X Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) X Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) X Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) X Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) X Seen for many weeks in this vicinity. Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) X Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) X Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) X Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) X Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) X Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) X Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) X American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) X Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) X Sora (Porzana carolina) X American Coot (Fulica americana) X Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) X Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) X Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) X Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) X Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) X Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) X Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) X Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) X Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) X Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) X Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) X Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) X Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) X Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) X Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) X Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) X Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) X White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) X Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) X Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) X American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) X European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) X Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) X Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) X Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) X Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) X Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) X Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) X Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) X House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) X American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) X House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
