Yesterday, 11/7, after birding with the Bird Study Group at Myers Park; Susan Soboroff, Bonnie Wojnowski and I continued up to MNWR. We stopped at the Aurora Boathouse where there were hundreds of Ring-billed Gulls, sitting on the docks and out on the water, with still more flying around. As we got looking out on the lake we saw many Common Loons, they were out towards the middle and continued north. I scanned south to north and estimated close to 300. While scanning I saw what I believe was a Grebe in the mix. There were Gulls among the Loons also, Cormorants were flying around too. (This was around 10:30 am.)
We drove up to the Post Office in Aurora and looked out on the Lake from there. I have never seen that many Loons on the Lake before. I did not count here, but the Loons went further north. We also saw two groups of Cormorants, about 10 in each group. The Cormorants were in a line, in a very tight group, while the Loons were scattered. In the distance there was shimmer and the water was darker, not able to make out the many more birds out there. We looked out on the lake from the boatyard when we got to Union Springs but did not see Loons there. Good Birding, Gladys -- 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/ --
