I hiked over to Stewart Park today and spent much of the morning on the ice. In addition (or subtraction) to what's already been reported, I saw a male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER vaguely associating with COMMON MERGANSERS west of the red lighthouse. I missed the Northern Pintail. Maybe if I had simply walked on the ice to Treman Marina I would have found it. I also missed the scoter which I had found before and which I suspect Bob McGuire found yesterday and identified as a Surf Scoter, a first ID for the basin this year. In Renwick Sanctuary I found 2 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS on my first pass, then on my return I found Mark Chou, and we scoped the hollow tree, finding 2 adult GREAT HORNED OWLS. On the trail between Cascadilla Creek and the Sewage Treatment Plant I found a calling FISH CROW.
Here's my full list in the order we met: Black-capped Chickadee American Crow Blue Jay Rock Pigeon House Sparrow European Starling Ring-billed Gull Mallard Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Bluebird White-breasted Nuthatch Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Cardinal Great Horned Owl Red-tailed Hawk Canada Goose Redhead Common Goldeneye Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Ruddy Duck Bufflehead Gadwall Lesser Scaup Canvasback Common Merganser Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup American Black Duck Red-breasted Merganser Long-tailed Duck Downy Woodpecker Fish Crow --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
