From my notes at the compilation of today's Ithaca Christmas Bird Count:These 95 Species (plus 1 hybrid) were found on today's count:Snow GooseCackling Goose - 2 at Stewart Park by Ken RosenbergCanada GooseTundra Swan - new high of 396: many flocks migratingGadwall5American Wigeon - 2 at Stewart Park by Ken Rosenberg?American Black DuckMallard(Mallard x American Black Duck - 1 at Stewart Park?)Northern PintailRedhead10Ring-necked DuckGreater ScaupLesser ScaupSurf Scoter - 1 north of East Shore by Chris WoodWhite-winged Scoter - 1 at Stewart Park by Ken Rosenberg?15BLACK SCOTER - NEW FOR COUNT - 2 from Treman or west shore by Scott Sutcliffe, possibly those I found Friday 28 DecemberLong-tailed Duck - 1 by Chris Wood (location?)BuffleheadCommon GoldeneyeHooded Merganser20Common MerganserRuddy Duck - 2 in southwest part of Cayuga Lake found by meRuffed GrouseWild TurkeyCommon Loon - 1 flying south of Myers found by Kevin McGowan & Lee Ann Van Leer25Pied-billed Grebe - 1 north of East Shore found by ?Double-crested Cormorant - 1 southwest Cayuga Lake found by Scott SutcliffeGreat Blue HeronTurkey VultureBald Eagle30Northern HarrierSharp-shinned HawkCooper's HawkNorthern Goshawk - 1 found by Chris Wood coming to his feedersRed-tailed Hawk35Rough-legged HawkAmerican KestrelMerlin - 4 Peregrine Falcon - 1 found by Bob McGuire at Stewart ParkAmerican Coot40Ring-billed GullHerring GullGlaucous Gull - 1 found by Chris Wood at Stewart Park?Great Black-backed GullRock Pigeon45Mourning DoveEastern Screech-OwlGreat Horned OwlBarred OwlNorthern Saw-whet Owl - 1 attracted to Chris Wood in his hot tub50Belted KingfisherRed-bellied WoodpeckerDowny WoodpeckerHairy WoodpeckerNorthern Flicker55Pileated WoodpeckerNorthern ShrikeBlue JayAmerican CrowFish Crow - 6 found by Kevin McGowan near Sciencenter60Common Raven - 20Horned LarkBlack-capped ChickadeeTufted TitmouseRed-breasted Nuthatch65White-breasted NuthatchBrown CreeperCarolina WrenWinter Wren - 1 by Bill Evans (location?)Golden-crowned Kinglet70Eastern BluebirdAmerican RobinNorthern MockingbirdEuropean StarlingAmerican Pipit - 1 at Dodge & Stevenson Rds by Gin Mistry, 1 on white lighthouse jetty by Ken Rosenberg75Cedar WaxwingLapland Longspur - 2 found by Meena Haribal on Irish Settlement Rd near NYS-13Snow BuntingYellow-rumped Warbler - 3 found by Asher Hockett below old NCR factory on South HillAmerican Tree Sparrow80Savannah Sparrow - 1 on Bluegrass Lane, 1 on Waterwagon Rd by NYS-34Song SparrowSwamp SparrowWhite-throated SparrowDark-eyed Junco85Northern CardinalRed-winged Blackbird - 3Brown-headed Cowbird - 5Purple FinchHouse Finch90Common RedpollHoary Redpoll - 1 on Sheldon Rd south of NYS-34-B found by Colleen RichardsPine SiskinAmerican GoldfinchHouse Sparrow95These species have already been found as Count Week birds, but may or may not have been found yet in the Cayuga Lake Basin in 2013:Northern Shoveler - found count week last 3 days at Stewart & Treman Parks; found outside count circle today at Myers by Chris WoodCanvasback - found count week by me off Treman ParkLesser Black-backed Gull - count week: found on 30 December by me on southwestern Cayuga LakeWhite-crowned Sparrow - count week (I don't know how many, where, when, or by whom) These species have been found in previous counts, but are missing from this year's count. Some were flukes not expected again, others may be in the circle or elsewhere in the Cayuga Lake Basin. Please report these birds if you find them, especially if you find them in or near the count circle this Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, so we can include them as Count Week birds:Greater White-fronted GooseRoss's GooseBrantMute SwanWood DuckBlue-winged TealGreen-winged TealKing EiderRed-breasted MerganserNorthern BobwhiteRing-necked PheasantRed-throated LoonHorned GrebeRed-necked GrebeGreen HeronOspreyRed-shouldered HawkGolden EagleKilldeerWilson's SnipeBonaparte's GullSnowy OwlLong-eared OwlShort-eared OwlRed-headed WoodpeckerYellow-bellied SapsuckerAmerican Three-toed WoodpeckerEastern PhoebeBoreal ChickadeeHouse WrenRuby-crowned KingletHermit ThrushGray CatbirdBrown Thrasher - unverified count week report on South HillBohemian WaxwingOvenbird Orange-crowned WarblerCommon YellowthroatYellow WarblerPine WarblerGreen-tailed TowheeEastern TowheeChipping SparrowField SparrowGrasshopper SparrowFox SparrowHarris's SparrowRose-breasted GrosbeakDickcisselEastern MeadowlarkRusty BlackbirdCommon GrackleBaltimore OriolePine GrosbeakRed CrossbillWhite-winged CrossbillEvening GrosbeakSPOTTED SANDPIPER - not on count before; found by Kevin McGowan at Ladoga just outside count circle todayGet out and find 'em! A new year of listing has begun!--Dave Nutter
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