Dan Watkins and I went to try to get the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE this morning. The bird was an easy find at the north end of East Lake Road before the green gate in Sampson State Park, Romulus, NY. It was flying around from the junipers to the ash trees and staying near the tops of the trees. We saw the bird around 1030 am or so. Thanks to Tim Lenz for finding this great bird of which so many birders have got to enjoy! Some rather poor photos below... as it was raining with poor lighting.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157632275532889/ We also stopped at Lower Lake Road northwest side of Cayuga Lake and I counted 335 TUNDRA SWANS!! There was also a raft of SNOW GEESE around 300 or so and many many BLACK DUCKS, few GADWALL and a nice group of RUDDY DUCKS...I counted 39 among other common species. There were also 10 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. We didn't spend as much time as we would have liked here due to the rain and wet optics! Dave Nicosia -- 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/ --
