The king eider was still in the creek late today until I left it at 4:50.
The creek is rapidly filling with what looks like ice being swept in to the
creek by the wind.
It has only been 24 hours since I was there last and if this continues viewing
behind the boathouse will only last a few more days.
I'm not that familiar with Fall Creek conditions, so that is just a wild guess.
The plus side to multiple trips to Ithaca for car repair, is multiple trips for
the eider.
Judy Read
Homer
From: B Mcaneny
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 11:43 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L@Cornell.edu
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Eider
About 2:30 this afternoon, I paid a visit to Stewart Park. A fellow from near
Canandaigua (Dave Morris?) said he had not seen the eider. I was setting up my
scope and he yelled to me from the boat house that the eider was back in the
unfrozen part of the creek. We viewed it from the path NW of the boat house
for about 5 minutes, when the bird suddenly took flight and headed due north
out of the creek and past the red lighthouse. We did not see it after that.
Myers is a possibility for tomorrow.
Also at Stewart, a Sharpshinned Hawk surveying the newly paved trail.
Circling over upper Sandbank Road about 2pm, a Turkey Vulture.
Bill McAneny, Trumansburg
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