Dryden Lake was pretty empty, as usual. Two American Wigeon were still there (likely the same pair I saw there yesterday, with two Ring-necked Ducks, a male Bufflehead, and a Pied-billed Grebe. Two days ago a single BONAPARTE'S GULL was the only bird on the lake.
I had much the same birds as Chris and Jessie at George Road around midday today. Location: George Rd. pond, on Rt. 38 Observation date: 4/7/10 11:42am-12:12pm Number of species: 29 Canada Goose 430 Mallard 5 Green-winged Teal (American) 18 Ring-necked Duck 34 Bufflehead 5 Common Merganser 2 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Horned Grebe 1 (west end) Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Killdeer 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS 1 (west end) LEAST SANDPIPER 1 (heard only; flyover?) Wilson's Snipe 4 (west end) Belted Kingfisher 1 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 6 Tree Swallow 2 American Robin 1 European Starling 8 PINE WARBLER 1 (still singing at noon; first time I've heard this bird here, pretty cool) Song Sparrow 2 Red-winged Blackbird 12 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Common Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 American Goldfinch 1 House Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Here at home, we still have several FOX SPARROWS at the feeders, as well as Winter Wren, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Field Sparrow. Jay McGowan Beam Hill On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Christopher Wood <pinic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Location: George Road Pond > Observation date: 4/7/10 > Notes: Viewing from the west side. WEATHER: Temp: 71F (!). Wind: SW 12 > mph. Overcast. Good visibility. OBSERVERS: Chris Wood and Jessie Barry. > Number of species: 25 > > Canada Goose 190 > Wood Duck 6 > Mallard 8 > Green-winged Teal (American) 15 > Ring-necked Duck 51 > Bufflehead 4 > Hooded Merganser 1 > Pied-billed Grebe 1 > Horned Grebe 1 Almost entirely in breeding plumage. A stunner. > Killdeer 3 > Wilson's Snipe 2 > Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 > Eastern Phoebe 1 > American Crow 3 > Tree Swallow 8 > American Robin 4 > European Starling 3 > Pine Warbler 1 Singing from conifers on the west side of road. > Savannah Sparrow 2 > Song Sparrow 3 > Northern Cardinal 1 > Red-winged Blackbird 8 > Eastern Meadowlark 2 > Common Grackle 2 > Brown-headed Cowbird 3 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) > Chris Wood > > -- 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/ --
