Hi all, I sent this but did not seem to have got posted.
Also, an hour ago, Brad Walker posted seeing a Hoary Redpoll at Cayuga Lock (I
am not sure which one is this) , one at north end is called Mud Lock and the
one near Mays is called Lock 25.
May be someone posted correct location but
Had the pleasure of leading the Broome County Naturalist's Club
Field trip to Cayuga Lake today. We started at Stewart Park
and saw mostly Canada Geese, Mallards, few Black Ducks, American
wigeon, Bufflehead, many hooded mergansers, some displaying,
1 Ring-Necked Duck, 2 green-winged teal, a
Had the pleasure of leading the Broome County Naturalist's Club
Field trip to Cayuga Lake today. We started at Stewart Park
and saw mostly Canada Geese, Mallards, few Black Ducks, American
wigeon, Bufflehead, many hooded mergansers, some displaying,
1 Ring-Necked Duck, 2 green-winged teal, a few
Highlight today at Stewart Park was a single adult male BLACK SCOTER fairly far
off the center of the park, and a late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET with chickadees at
the swan pen.
KEN
Ken Rosenberg
Conservation Science Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
607-254-2412
607-342-4594 (cell)
In waterway north of lock. Big flock!
Donna Scott
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Viewing and counting the huge flock of HOODED MERGANSERS was difficult since
many of them were diving, and many were not visible when they swam behind the
little houses along the Seneca River, just past Mud Lock at the north end of
Cayuga Lake. However, I conservatively estimate the number at
Kathy and I conservatively estimated 200. eBird did not like this count.
Glenn Wilson
Endicott, NY
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On Dec 2, 2012, at 8:28 PM, Donna Scott d...@cornell.edu wrote:
Viewing and counting the huge flock of HOODED MERGANSERS was difficult since
many of them were diving, and
Hi all,
As you have probably guessed, the long delay in updates have been due to
minimal loon movement. Here's a breakdown for the last week:
Nov 25th - A frustrating day to say at least. Bill Evans joined today and we
counted 219 (south), but for some reason the majority (159) returned north.
Sorry for the somewhat vague directions earlier. The location we were
referring to was what we have generally called Mud Lock, called Cayuga Lock
in eBird and perhaps elsewhere. Tim and company found the flock on the west
shore, opposite River Road on the east side. We parking in the small lot