[cayugabirds-l] Fairgrounds

I don't mean to harp on the point, just want to avoid confusion. The Lott farm is the location of Empire Farm Days (which ended Thursday) on the corner of route 414 and Martin Rd, south of the (former) village of Seneca Falls. The SMS Fair ground site is about a mile north on route 414, just

[cayugabirds-l] Hog Hole shorebirds

Hi all, The grass mat at Hog Hole is getting very nice, especially if you don't have a scope. There were a handful of Least Sandpipers, one Semi-palmated Sandpiper, five Spotted Sandpipers, one Killdeer and lots of Song Sparrows acting like shorebirds, around Noon today. This

[cayugabirds-l] Mud Lock duck

I stopped by Mud Lock this morning at 8:30 for a casual scan. Across the channel was presumably one of the scaup that has been reported all summer, hanging out interestingly with a cormorant. When I took a closer look, however, I was perplexed. This scaup had femalish colors: brown head, yellow