[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-10-01 Thread Ellen Haith
Forty-seven Canada Geese flying due south and *very* high at 11:55 a.m. Not very vocal but occasionally commenting on the experience. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cay

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-09-23 Thread Ellen Haith
Lucky thirteen D C Cormorants enjoying the sun on the gravel bar off Mack Creek. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-08-15 Thread Ellen Haith
An even dozen Caspian Terns napping and/or exchanging epithets with each other on the long rocky extension into the lake. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubs

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road Town of Romulus

2015-08-13 Thread Ellen Haith
Five very vocal Caspian Terns heading south from Elm Beach Road about five minutes ago. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHI

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road Town of Romulus

2015-08-08 Thread Ellen Haith
Between 15 and 20 Caspian Terns are spending time on a stony 'arm' reaching into the lake about halfway between the access roads. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugab

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-07-31 Thread Ellen Haith
The F Common Merganser and her eight offspring cruised by this morning. The merglings are nearly mom's size, and close to her colors as well. Very regal! We still have a few Rough-Winged Swallows flitting about, sometimes even going under the dock. I looked carefully last weekend for any sign of a

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-06-27 Thread Ellen Haith
Correction: the F Common Merganser has SEVEN 'merglings'. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archi

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-06-27 Thread Ellen Haith
Not out of the ordinary, but a F Common Merganser and six ducklings just passed us, heading north. This might be the lone F Merganser who has been hanging around our area for the past few weeks, occasionally vocalizing. The young are clearly not long out of the shell. Lovely sight! -- Cayugabirds

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-06-24 Thread Ellen Haith
9:30 a.m., two Black Vultures on a nearby dock, removing the very last bits of flesh from the partial carcass of a mink. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubsc

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-06-17 Thread Suan Yong
I was at RH Treman SP Sunday afternoon watching a northern rough-winged swallow fly in and out of one of the holes in the stone wall holding up the changing room plateau, just downstream from the swimming area. Last year there was an occupied hole high in the wall, just a few feet from the top (

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-06-17 Thread Ellen Haith
With a rise of a couple of inches in the lake level at this site, the Northern Rough-Winged Swallow has decided that, after all, she would prefer to nest under the UPPER section of the dock! -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-06-04 Thread Ellen Haith
First Caspian Tern of the season just now, harassing a gull for reasons unknown. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-06-03 Thread Ellen Haith
F Red-Breasted Merganser right now with two presumed offspring, warned off another F of the same . She caught a very substantial fish but did not seem to share it with the offspring. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cay

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-05-27 Thread Ellen Haith
- First 2015 group of Mallard ducklings this morning - seven. - On Sunday we noted a family of Canada Geese - eight goslings. This is definitely a first in our so-far fifteen years on Elm Beach. The number of offspring is, I believe, accurate, though the parents are so cautious that they take the

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-05-21 Thread Ellen Haith
Seventy-four DC Cormorants just flew north offshore of Elm Beach. Perhaps a dozen more are still cruising around the cove below Thirsty Owl's boat dock, but I cannot say if the first flight came from that location. This huge flock of DCC's is completely new. We usually see several random birds dur

[cayugabirds-l] Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus

2015-05-17 Thread Ellen Haith
Easily fifty - and quite possibly more - Cormorants have flown north during the last five minutes, in variable groups and as singles. We've had quite a few sightings during the month, but this was truly remarkable. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME htt