[cayugabirds-l] Ladoga swans

2015-01-21 Thread david nicosia
Counted 63 TUNDRA SWANS from Ladoga point. Also one CACKLING GOOSE.  Nice variety and numbers of aythya dabblers coots etc. good viewing conditions too!! Birds close to shore. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] I won binoculars/question

2015-01-21 Thread CFSchmitt
Just thought I'd tell people that I won a nice pair of Opticron Natura binoculars from Bird Watching magazine! I vaguely remember clicking on a contest a while back when looking at their website or something, and recently got an email that I'd won. Sure enough, they arrived yesterday. A

[cayugabirds-l] hybrid ducks; Glaucous Gull

2015-01-21 Thread Jay McGowan
We also checked for the Tufted Duck this morning but were rebuffed by the misty, shimmery lake. The female BLACK SCOTER was visible out with the mergansers in the southwest corner of the lake, but the Aythya flocks were too distant to scan with much confidence. Aythya watchers looking for the

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Redhead female with white spots/flecks

2015-01-21 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
Redhead females regularly have irregular white spots on the head. They can have anything from a single small spot on one side of the nape to nearly the entire head white. And the whitish on the face behind the bill varies, too. In any given flock of more than a couple hundred Redheads, you can

[cayugabirds-l] Redhead female with white spots/flecks

2015-01-21 Thread Donna Lee Scott
Today about 11:00 AM until ~1 PM on Cayuga Lake by Lansing Station Road (#s 535 to 700), Lansing, there were 3-4 small (ranging from 50-200 birds each) rafts (a few hundred feet apart) of Redheads moving back and forth, accompanied by 5 Tundra Swans, several Canada Geese, Mallards, and a pair

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Lake Today 21 Jan 2015- No Tufted Duck found.

2015-01-21 Thread david nicosia
Dipped on Tufted Duck this morning from Hog Hole with terrible viewing conditions and again late thisafternoon from Rte 89 with almost ideal viewing conditions. There were so many ducks around I easily could have missed it. All common species of Aythya genus were present. There were also RUDDY

[cayugabirds-l] OOB - Owasco

2015-01-21 Thread Eben McLane
Just wanted to let folks know that there are an unusual number of Tundra Swans on Owasco Lake, generally above mid-lake and along the western shore. They’re quite spread out and mixing with Canada geese. Yesterday, I guess there were 200-300 (maybe more). Is the same true on Cayuga Lake? Also,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] OOB - Owasco

2015-01-21 Thread david nicosia
I did not have as many Tundra Swans as you on Cayuga Lake Today but I did notice many more than usual for mid-winter. From: Eben McLane etmcl...@gmail.com To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 5:52 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] OOB - Owasco

[cayugabirds-l] Hog hole this morning no tufted duck found

2015-01-21 Thread david nicosia
Steam fog and shimmer made for horrible viewing conditions. Plenty of aythya in several rafts. There was a distant raft that was huge. Bird could still be tucked in somewhere. Will try again this afternoon from rte 89. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: