[cayugabirds-l] yard loon watch

[Dave Nutter]

This morning from about dawn (6:46am) until snow commenced (7:18am) I watched 
for migrating loons from the NYS-89 bridge over the Flood Control Channel near 
my yard. I hoped that a lull in precipitation at take-off time might prompt 
migration, and I aimed to watch without risking a car trip to Taughannock 
potentially returning in snow before I got my snow tires on.

I was disappointed to see no loons during that interval, so I went back to my 
yard, but continued watching other birds from the shelter of my back porch. The 
light snowfall quit at some point, but I stayed continued watching from the 
porch. At 7:54am I first noticed loons in flight, a high group of 4 southbound. 
They may have been from Lake Ontario at that hour. I went out into the yard 
where I could see a bit more sky until 8:42 when snow recommenced, and I saw a 
total of 49 Common Loons. The last group of 5 was indecisive, perhaps turning 
back, but nearly all of the rest were going straight and some variation on 
southward. There was no consensus from group to group as to the best precise 
direction. The great majority passed either overhead or to my east; only a few 
were over West Hill, but the distance I can see that direction from the base of 
the steep hill is limited, so perhaps I missed birds which had headed south 
from Taughannock rather than following the lake to the south end. All the loons 
I saw were well above tree level. I did not see any on the Inlet, but I did not 
travel along the Inlet to view it from farther upstream or downstream.
--Dave Nutter
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Loons on the inlet

[Ellen Haith]

There were numerous loons off Elm Beach Road in Ovid this afternoon, as
well. I would guess fifteen in the largest group, mostly solitary but
several pairs which would include adults and/or juveniles.

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Charles Eldermire  wrote:

> At least a dozen common loons spotted chilling on the inlet as we drove
> through Cass park this morning-might be a whole lot of them out on the lake
> too with this weather...
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[cayugabirds-l] Lapland Longspurs in Newfield

[Ethan Chaffee]

A pair of Lapland Longspurs are hanging out near the cornfield at the
corner of Benjamin Hill and Vanbuskirk Golf roads. Last seen on Vanbuskirk
Golf. There's also a flock of about 20 horned larks and at least 1 snow
bunting.

Thanks!
Ethan

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[cayugabirds-l] Loons on the inlet

[Charles Eldermire]

At least a dozen common loons spotted chilling on the inlet as we drove through 
Cass park this morning-might be a whole lot of them out on the lake too with 
this weather...



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[cayugabirds-l] Myers Point scoters

[Jay McGowan]

A gorgeous pair of BLACK SCOTERS are sitting on the lake off the Myers
marina, also just visible from Ladoga. Five WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS are nearby.

Ken and others report a late SCARLET TANAGER from Salt Point.

Jay

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[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskin

[Laura Stenzler]

One pine Siskin at our feeders this morning on Hunt Hill Rd, Dryden. We have 4 
1/2" of heavy snow on the ground. More to come. 

Laura

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: November 19, 2016

[Anne R. Kenney]

Bird flotillas on Cayuga Lake
On Saturday, before the weather changed, I could make out huge flotillas of 
birds in the middle of Cayuga Lake-- at least a hundred birds in each of the 
two pods I saw.  I couldn't  quite make out what kind of birds they were and 
wonder if someone else identified them.  Thanks, Anne Kenney, Lansing Station 
Road, Lansing 

Sent from my phone, with frequent typos. 

> On Nov 20, 2016, at 12:03 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest 
>  wrote:
> 
> CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, November 19, 2016.
> 
> 1. Cackling Goose, Stewart Park
> 2. Union Springs sign finally corrected!
> 3. Montezuma Waterfowl. Snow buntings Larks, longspurs
> 4. Montezuma Wildlife Drive Today Nov 19th 2016
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> Subject: Cackling Goose, Stewart Park
> From: Jay McGowan 
> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 10:41:18 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 1
> 
> Juvenile Cackling Goose currently in Canada flock at east end of Stewart.
> 
> Jay
> 
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> Subject: Union Springs sign finally corrected!
> From: John and Fritzie Blizzard 
> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 10:55:42 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 2
> 
> Drove by the Mill pond along Rte. 90 a couple days ago & noticed the 
> labeling of the green heron picture had FINALLY been corrected, changed 
> from Pileated Woodpecker to the correct ID of Green Heron. Shame on the 
> scout leader who didn't catch the very obvious mistake many mos. ago 
> before he awarded the scout the Eagle Scout honor! I felt very 
> embarrassed for strangers to see the glaring error. And, yes . I did 
> write to the mother of the scout many mos. ago to tell her the ID was 
> incorrect. No  comment from her!
> 
> Fritzie
> 
> 
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> Subject: Montezuma Waterfowl. Snow buntings Larks, longspurs
> From: "Michael Tetlow" 
> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 15:24:48 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 3
> 
>Yesterday Dominic Sherony and I put a fair amount of time in to
> estimating numbers and percentages of waterfowl on the main pool at
> Montezuma. Here is the ebird checklist. Particularly noteworthy for me is
> the decrease in Ring-necks and huge increase in Lesser Scaup over the last
> couple weeks although Ring-necks do tend to hide among the distant cattails
> so I'm sure some were missed.
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32616439.
> 
>Also on Wednesday evening at knox-marcellus I was able to get an
> accurate count as 54 Sandhill Cranes flew out to the corn fields and the
> remaining 18 all put their heads up. So 72. We'll see if more come in on
> this front or if that's it.
> 
> I also had a flock of about 200 Horned larks with at least 2 longspurs
> followed by a flock of about 200 Snow Buntings all flying west over East
> road around 2:30 pm. Mike Tetlow 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Subject: Montezuma Wildlife Drive Today Nov 19th 2016
> From: David Nicosia 
> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 18:40:26 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 4
> 
> Headed up to Montezuma NWR this morning. My first stop
> was Benning Marsh and I got on the WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER,
> LESSER YELLOWLEGS and KILLDEER pretty quickly.
> These birds were directly across from the parking area.
> 
> Then I drove back around to do the wildlife drive more
> carefully. First bird of interest was a late MARSH WREN
> calling in the marsh grasses not far from the road across
> from Larue's Lagoon. With some phishing the bird came
> out and I got some nice looks.
> 
> Then there was the waterfowl on the main pool.
> It was spectacular, plain and simple. Large numbers
> and lots of variety. Based on Mike Tetlow's numbers
> I grossly underestimated the numbers in my ebird
> report. But nevertheless it was awesome. All
> normal *aythya* species were present (minus TUDU).
> There were loads of AMERICAN WIGEON, and GADWALL.
> Additional birds were RUDDY DUCKS, MALLARDS,
> NORTHERN PINTAIL, NORTHERN SHOVELER,
> and 1 BUFFLEHEAD. I tried but failed to refind
> the EURASIAN WIGEON seen here recently.
> Also present in large numbers were AMERICAN COOTS.
> There were also several PIED-BILLED GREBES. After
> enjoying the diversity of the waterfowl for a while in 64F
> weather, the cold front came through with very strong
> winds and  a sudden temperature drop.
> 
> So I went back to Benning and I found all
> the above shorebirds again plus a GREATER YELLOWLEGS.
> I had a nice light phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK soar over
> Benning as well.
> 
> Additionally, I saw 4 swallows fly over Benning south toward the
> main pool. They were pretty high up and flying south with the winds.
> The lighting was poor and I did not get any color on these swallows.
> I don't think they were TREE SWALLOWS