[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, yello

[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 ar