Most of the flooded parts of the Mucks were still frozen but I could see
dabblers and geese moving around between the other spots. A strip of open
water runs from Mud Lock south to the railroad bridge and it is loaded. Many
Ring-necked Ducks and Canvasbacks among the other Aythya ducks,
The north end of Seneca Lake is one of my personal-favorite birding
destinations in winter. Jim Tarolli and I hit all the waterfront spots in
Geneva on Monday, coming up with thousands of Redhead and Canada Geese, at
least 100 Canvasback, and an arrival of Wigeon. Birds were at all different
Forwarding for Mary.
Dave
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Subject: [OneidaBirds] oswego river harlequin
I have sad news, my son and I looked for the
This was posted to GeneseeBirds but may not have been forwarded. Preliminary
evidence points to starvation as the main cause of death, rather than disease.
I have recently seen an RB Merg come up from below with a crayfish or at least
a shell fish of some kind. The bird didn't quite look
I statused the Savannah Mucklands and north end of Cayuga Lake on Tuesday
afternoon before the return to winter.
Mucks (east end) - still frozen
Mucks (west end) - dabblers and Canada Geese but poor numbers and little
diversity for the date. More Pintails than on previous visit but otherwise
Friday night at Clay Marsh a Sandhill Crane flew by. Derby Hill reports seeing
it pass this morning. Earlier in the week a Bald Eagle was seen carrying an
American Coot on Seneca Lake at the Geneva Waterfront. Cackling Goose at the
north end of Cayuga Lake. Staging/migration of geese has
I'm pretty sure there's two there a couple hundred yards south of Harris Park.
David Wheeler
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Subject: [OneidaBirds] adult Mew Gull - Inner Harbor
This pm I found what I believe to be an adult MEW GULL. The bird
Birding the Geneva waterfront on Monday with Jim Tarolli, we found a Eurasian
Wigeon at Seneca Lake State Park and had a flyover Ross's Goose with a few
Snows. Also a N. Shrike and many thousands of geese at close range. I'll put
up a folder of photo highlights.
David Wheeler
N. Syracuse, NY
Birding Friday with Steve Kolbe and Jim Tarolli, highlights included:
Savannah Mucks: Peregrine Falcon chasing Am. Golden Plover. Lengthy pursuit,
we did not see who prevailed.
Savannah-Spring Lake Rd. at the bridge north of Van Dyne Spoor: Steve picked
out a Eurasian Green-winged Teal.
I'm woefully behind on putting up photos.
Wednesday - light to medium songbird flight in the morning. Shortly after the
raptors got up, Hawk Counter Steve Kolbe spotted a Swallow-tailed Kite on the
near horizon. The bird spiraled and worked its way slowly toward the lookout,
eventually
Forwarding from GeneseeBirds:
Subject: GeneseeBirds-L Digest, Vol 130, Issue 83
Date: Tue Jun 3 2014 15:53 pm
From: geneseebirds-l AT geneseo.edu
Tri-colored Heron at Geneseo Wegman's plaza. Habitating at the retention pond
behind the western-most end of the plaza.
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Infer: no TCHE. Original observer still unknown.
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Subject: Geneseo: Wegman's pond
Date: Wed Jun 4 2014 8:58 am
From: geneseebirds-l AT geneseo.edu
I stopped by the pond at the southwest corner of Geneseo's Wegman's plaza
this morning. Just as I got there
Strong south winds brought a few raptors past Derby Hill today, mostly
Red-tails and Bald Eagles. I've put up a bunch of photos on Flickr, including
the eagles, Kingfisher flying with a fish, etc. Many new photos of birds in
flight are now sorted by taxonomic group.
There is also a photo of
I've posted more photos of the bluebird from 9 May. At the moment they are at
the top of the photostream and I have grouped them in a folder of their own.
Photostream: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/
Taxonomic Groups: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/sets/
I've put up several photos of the Great Shearwater. There are also photos of
an unusual-for-July Snowy Owl being harassed by a Northern Mockingbird. Many
songbirds-in-flight photos from May are also up: grackles, orioles, tanagers,
waxwings, Purple Martin, Seymour the pheasant (a.k.a. Fred),
With sadness I have to report the Great Shearwater did not survive. I think
plans are for it to go to the American Museum of Natural History.
Dave W.
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The Black Skimmer found by John Germain and seen Wed and Thurs on Fulton's Lake
Neatahwanta was not seen on Friday. Observers were present from 4pm until 9pm.
I'm not suggesting it's gone or won't come back - the lake itself seems good
for it but does not have a lot of loafing areas.
Here's
On 25 kt West winds, the main highlight was a Laughing Gull (non-breeding
adult), and a distant jaeger (probably Long-tailed). Many Black Terns,
Commons, Caspians, Herring Gulls.
Link to photos of Laughing Gull: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/
There is also a nice sequence of
Monday 8/25 on the Ontario Lakeshore between Oswego and Sodus Pt, with Jim
Tarolli:
Oswego Harbor: (presumed) Short-billed Dowitcher on the outer breakwall - very
distant but we thought dowitcher
Fair Haven: 1 Ruddy Turnstone (juv)
Sodus Pt: 2 Ruddy Turnstone (ad and juv), 1 AG Plover, 2 BB
Sodus Point had a juv. Red Knot, first on the pier then on the beach. 30
Sanderlings and 8 SESA joined a single Lesser Yellowlegs. Good stuff. Photo
here of the gorgeous Red Knot:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/
On trip to MNWR I did not check the MAC ponds. I did stop at
Jim Tarolli tells me it was not at Sodus Pt this morning. I've added more
photos of the Knot with other shorebirds, plus some great ones of Semipalmated
Plover. Speaking of semipalmated, it appears in my photos that Lesser
Yellowlegs also has semi-p feet (which I did not know). Also a few
On south winds Saturday a decent flight of young hawks passed Derby Hill,
mostly Red-tails and Bald Eagles but all the expected raptors were represented.
Sunday afternoon, Sodus Point produced 8 species of shorebirds: Baird's,
Least, Semi-p Sandpipers, Black-bellied Semi-p Plover, Ruddy
Today on south winds a Mississippi Kite passed low for good looks. Photos on
Jim Tarolli's page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jtarolli9/
Thursday at Sodus Point a (mostly) juvenile-plumage Dunlin was present. Photos
at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/
David Wheeler
N.
Tony Shrimpton texted the CNY RBA to report:
Northern Wheatear Bill-Abetta Roberts (blue) house, 1162 Whiney Rd (sic),
Stony Point, Henderson, Jefferson County, 2:15
I believe Whiney should be Whitney. Tony has a camp on Stony Point but I'm not
sure if he's passing it along or saw it
Wayne Fidler reports that the bird is still there.
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Jim Tarolli and I were there Monday just before sunset and the bird was feeding
in the backyard of the house and invisible to the naked eye (and inconspicuous
generally).
If you're standing roughly across from the old silo, sweep right and look to
the back edge of the cut area. There is a
Many thousands of ducks/geese in at the Main Pool - both dabblers and divers.
At least one Eurasian Wigeon continues but I missed the Eared Grebe.
Shorebirds included both yellowlegs, 2 Stilt Sandpiper, 5 Dunlin, and 2
White-rumped Sandpiper. Over at Knox-Marsellus the Avocets continue.
Eared Grebe and Ibis continue, as do the Ross's Geese. I have some close photos
of the ibis. I personally think the eye is on its way to being reddish and the
bare skin on its way to being pinkish.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/krankykestrel/
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The main attraction right now is the large number of birds at the Main Pool and
K-M/Puddler's Marsh. Bald Eagles were flushing the ducks from time to time and
creating great clouds of waterfowl on the Wildlife Drive. I looked for the
Eared Grebe but did not see it and only one ibis was
Jim Tarolli and I had poor looks from the east/west breakwall as it headed
west, but review of bad photos suggest Black-headed. First photo is unedited,
second crops and lightens to show bright orange/red bill. Unfortunately I had
been messing with the camera to take silhouettes against bold
Staking out the roost flight found lots of waterfowl moving around but the big
Snow Geese numbers may have reached Cayuga Lake. Two Short-eared Owls appeared
at dusk and I counted 82 Sandhill Cranes. There's an odd Canada Goose that's
not like any I've seen before.
- noticeably paler
Lots of action at the Savannah mucklands and Knox-Marsellus Marsh. As on
Tuesday, a good number of gulls continue to pull worms from the mud - about
50/50 Ring-bill/Herring. Lots of geese at both spots including White-fronted at
K-M and a white goose I couldn't decide on at the mucks.
David
Good numbers of Canada Geese at the Geneva waterfront, but Seneca Lake was
rough on moderate SW winds. While passing through Waterloo, the evening gull
roost-flight (from the Seneca Falls landfill to Cayuga Lake) was on and I
decided to follow it. Lots of other birds moving about and I finally
With cold weather coming I think the huge bird numbers at the Savannah mucks
and Knox-Marsellus will be coming to an end soon. Prediction for Sunday-Monday
overnight is mid-20's but I'm more worried about the Mon-Tues overnight when it
will hit mid-20s but with no recovery the next day, a
Wednesday at Sodus Bay saw the usual (excellent) concentration of ducks.
Highlights were 4 Surf Scoter (1 adult male) plus at least 3 female Common
Goldeneye with entirely orange bills, essentially the same as the Irondequoit
Bay bird. Very poor gull numbers. Roost flight at the Geneva
The screw-in eye cup from a binocular was found at Derby Hill North Lookout.
Please e-mail if anyone is missing it. I know there was a field trip from the
MAC center, possibly one of the participants?
Dave W.
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Main highlights came from Knox-Marsellus Marsh in the form of a
breeding-plumaged Ruddy Turnstone. There was a plover I thought was Am. Golden
Plover but in retrospect didn't look at carefully so entered in eBird as
Black-bellied/Am. Golden Plover. Most phalarope candidates eventually became
Most of the shorebird diversity is way out on the Main Pool, continuing to
follow the shrinking wet spot. Of course rain could change that. Birds
flushed at one point and there was another group out of sight even farther
back. One phalarope I thought was Wilson's was seen, maybe a female,
Close to sunset on Saturday a small white egret flew over the Mays Point
observing corral heading toward Wildlife Dr/Main Pool. I didn't see it until
it was far past and heading directly away and assume it was a Cattle Egret but
could not tell for sure. It might have come from the back of
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