Oh, I forgot to mention the horned grebe at Dryden Lake hanging out very close to the platform, showing off its confusing transitional plumage.
Suan On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Suan Hsi Yong <suan.y...@gmail.com> wrote: > This morning, SFO Group 2 went first to Dryden Lake, where there was a > surf scoter at decent scoping distance. Other highlights were fly-by > osprey and great blue herons, many buffleheads, some lesser scaups, a > pair of ring-necked ducks, and some ruddy ducks; red-bellied > woodpecker and eastern phoebe(s); and the thumping of ruffed grouse > (which Susan's group was lucky enough to see). > > Next stop was what's left of the George Road pond, which hosted a > modest flock of green winged teal and not much else special. The muck > leftover from the draining looked like it may be good for snipe or > even shorebirds, but we were a little too chilly to do a careful scan. > > Finally we went to Genung Preserve in Etna, whose highlight was a fox > sparrow perching nicely for a great view then singing its melodious > whistle. Golden-crowned kinglets started appearing and gave good but > fleeting views to many; white-throated sparrows sang broken songs and > looked scraggly and difficult to ID save for a faint hint of yellow in > the forehead; red-bellied woodpeckers danced about, while across the > creek a purple finch sang incessantly. We also heard the thumpings of > ruffed grouse, once seemingly quite close, though it never presented > itself. > > What better way to spend a chilly morning with light drizzle! > > Suan -- 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/ --
