My teenaged sons and I were doing a science project this week on mapping the ice on Cayuga Lake. Thanks everyone for your references, etc.We saw 3 immature bald eagles and 1 adult on the ice near the east shore on Tuesday, approximately .2 miles south of the ice edge. There were none in sight when we returned this morning.Traveling north this afternoon we stopped at various points to look for waterfowl - mostly groups of 10-20 ducks or geese until we hit Long Point State Park where we found the largest flocks of the day. Further north there were again smaller groups of 20-30 birds at each of 4 locations in Aurora plus 35 Canada geese, 5 bufflehead, 2 gadwall, 8 redhead and one "mystery" duck (working on this one still with pix) at Factory Road pond. The roadside pond at Union Springs [can never remember what it's actually called] was also quite full of geese and ducks while the lake is quite frozen and snow covered to ~ .4 miles south of Union Springs.Ran out of time and daylight to get to the west shore of the north part of the lake today. Earlier in the week we did see swans amongst the ducks and geese along the shore at Taughannock. Other birds seen were:northern mockingbird on Scofield Rd. at 3:45and2 short-eared owls at corner of 34B and Long Point State Park Rd around 4:50 pm. One was flying over the field on the southeast corner, while the second perched on a utility wire pole at the crest of the hill. Colleen Richards ____________________________________________________________ How Old Men Tighten Skin 63 Year Old Man Shares DIY Skin Tightening Method You Can Do From Home http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/54e7e4fe3c39e64fe0ca5st01duc --
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