Below is my ebird report, filling out my previous post to the list. It's interesting how quickly things change in the waterfowl world. There are now at least another hundred Canvasbacks than during the period I counted, only minutes ago. Many more Ring-necked Ducks than yesterday. Far fewer Canadas than usual. The sunshine is exciting (to me and them), and a cluster of shore dabblers are splashing vigorously. The rafts are continuously changing shape, cruising back and forth, north and south, forming long lines and then clumps. Two Black Ducks showed up right after I posted.
Elaina Location: SW Corner Cayuga Lake Observation date: 1/30/11 Notes: Waterfowl rafts were moving a lot, and were undercounted due to tree obscuration--more birds to the north. Nothing past about halfway to cluster buoy from west shore was counted due to uncertainty. Common Goldeneyes must be somewhere else today. Fewer Canvasbacks than usual among the Redheads. Nice to see the sunlight on what was here. Number of species: 24 Canada Goose 48 Gadwall 2 Mallard 11 Canvasback 18 Redhead 1700 Ring-necked Duck 64 Greater/Lesser Scaup 12 Bufflehead 1 Common Merganser 16 Ruddy Duck 4 gull sp. 14 Mourning Dove 9 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 4 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2 Brown Creeper 1 Carolina Wren 2 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1 Northern Cardinal 2 American Goldfinch 6 House Sparrow 9 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org<http://ebird.org/>) -- 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/ --
