Hi Carol & others Every fall the Canal Corporation of the NYS Thruway Authority lowers Cayuga Lake 3 feet or so. This is to help control flooding in spring, ice damage to shore structures etc in winter (didn't work too well this winter tho, at least w some docks & hoists!)
Each year spring melt water fills Cayuga Lake back up to summer level, 383.5' above sea level. Keuka lake flows into Seneca L. Which flows into Cayuga L. So Cayuga Lake gets a lot of water. Seneca L is lowered much less in winter, but is controlled by the small hydroelectric plant in Waterloo, not the Canal Corp. Another group controls Keuka Lake water levels. Not a good situation sometimes. Graphs of Cayuga & Seneca L levels thru the year can be seen at the NYS Canal Corp website. Sorry I don't have link handy. Donna Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Apr 1, 2015, at 5:23 PM, Carol Keeler <carolk...@adelphia.net> wrote: > I began quite early at Montezuma. I saw Red Wings, C Geese, an immature Bald > Eagle, a couple of Great Blue Herons, and a few muskrats. I spotted a few > very distant swans. > > From there I went to Union Springs. Just a few ducks on Mill Pond- > Buffleheads and Redheads. I did not find the Grebes. To make a long story > short, I found very little anywhere I went. The water was very low at Myers > and Stewart Park. Is it usually like that? The lake was still frozen, but > not the creek. > > I went to Alan Tremain Park to see the Red Throated Loon. Success! It was > in the marina like it was reported yesterday. It's a life bird for me. > I swung by Farron Rd. to look for Snowy Owls. I spotted two, way out in the > field as described yesterday. > > The loon made my day! > > Sent from my iPad > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
