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.
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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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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.
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