This morning (2 Jan) with Diane Morton, Ken Kemphues, and Ann Mitchell, I found a rather dull breeding plumage male AMERICAN WIGEON hugging the muddy shoreline of Stewart Park a short distance west of the dock. This adds another species for Count Week.
Stefhan Ohlström said the WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW returned to his feeder today. It was already a Count Week bird, but now it may also be a first 2015 record for the Cayuga Lake Basin. It may be a couple days before I get caught up on that list to make sure. Jay McGowan says he observed 10 FISH CROWS along Hanshaw Rd at 3:30pm yesterday (count day). I don’t know whether Tom Schulenberg’s observation is included in that number. I also don’t know whether these are among the same birds Kevin counted at the Cornell compost piles. I hope the compiler consults these observers, who are well-versed in the ways of local Corvids, to sort this out. —Dave Nutter -- 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-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
