Dave, Thanks for posting the quick summary again this year (a fine service for those of us unable to attend the compilation dinner)!
The Winter Wren was foraging within exposed roots and fallen tree stumps along the stream behind Grayhaven Motel. 42.407611,-76.538562 Bill From: nutter.d...@me.com Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 11:03 PM To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca "Christmas" Bird Count 1/1/2013 - quick & dirty data; what to look for >From my notes at the compilation of today's Ithaca Christmas Bird Count: These 95 Species (plus 1 hybrid) were found on today's count: Snow Goose Cackling Goose - 2 at Stewart Park by Ken Rosenberg Canada Goose Tundra Swan - new high of 396: many flocks migrating Gadwall 5 American Wigeon - 2 at Stewart Park by Ken Rosenberg? American Black Duck Mallard (Mallard x American Black Duck - 1 at Stewart Park?) Northern Pintail Redhead 10 Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Surf Scoter - 1 north of East Shore by Chris Wood White-winged Scoter - 1 at Stewart Park by Ken Rosenberg? 15 BLACK SCOTER - NEW FOR COUNT - 2 from Treman or west shore by Scott Sutcliffe, possibly those I found Friday 28 December Long-tailed Duck - 1 by Chris Wood (location?) Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser 20 Common Merganser Ruddy Duck - 2 in southwest part of Cayuga Lake found by me Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Common Loon - 1 flying south of Myers found by Kevin McGowan & Lee Ann Van Leer 25 Pied-billed Grebe - 1 north of East Shore found by ? Double-crested Cormorant - 1 southwest Cayuga Lake found by Scott Sutcliffe Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle 30 Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk - 1 found by Chris Wood coming to his feeders Red-tailed Hawk 35 Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin - 4 Peregrine Falcon - 1 found by Bob McGuire at Stewart Park American Coot 40 Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Glaucous Gull - 1 found by Chris Wood at Stewart Park? Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon 45 Mourning Dove Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl - 1 attracted to Chris Wood in his hot tub 50 Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker 55 Pileated Woodpecker Northern Shrike Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow - 6 found by Kevin McGowan near Sciencenter 60 Common Raven - 20 Horned Lark Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch 65 White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Winter Wren - 1 by Bill Evans (location?) Golden-crowned Kinglet 70 Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling American Pipit - 1 at Dodge & Stevenson Rds by Gin Mistry, 1 on white lighthouse jetty by Ken Rosenberg 75 Cedar Waxwing Lapland Longspur - 2 found by Meena Haribal on Irish Settlement Rd near NYS-13 Snow Bunting Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 found by Asher Hockett below old NCR factory on South Hill American Tree Sparrow 80 Savannah Sparrow - 1 on Bluegrass Lane, 1 on Waterwagon Rd by NYS-34 Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco 85 Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird - 3 Brown-headed Cowbird - 5 Purple Finch House Finch 90 Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll - 1 on Sheldon Rd south of NYS-34-B found by Colleen Richards Pine Siskin American Goldfinch House Sparrow 95 These species have already been found as Count Week birds, but may or may not have been found yet in the Cayuga Lake Basin in 2013: Northern Shoveler - found count week last 3 days at Stewart & Treman Parks; found outside count circle today at Myers by Chris Wood Canvasback - found count week by me off Treman Park Lesser Black-backed Gull - count week: found on 30 December by me on southwestern Cayuga Lake White-crowned Sparrow - count week (I don't know how many, where, when, or by whom) These species have been found in previous counts, but are missing from this year's count. Some were flukes not expected again, others may be in the circle or elsewhere in the Cayuga Lake Basin. Please report these birds if you find them, especially if you find them in or near the count circle this Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, so we can include them as Count Week birds: Greater White-fronted Goose Ross's Goose Brant Mute Swan Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal King Eider Red-breasted Merganser Northern Bobwhite Ring-necked Pheasant Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Green Heron Osprey Red-shouldered Hawk Golden Eagle Killdeer Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Snowy Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker American Three-toed Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Boreal Chickadee House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher - unverified count week report on South Hill Bohemian Waxwing Ovenbird Orange-crowned Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Pine Warbler Green-tailed Towhee Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Fox Sparrow Harris's Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Dickcissel Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Baltimore Oriole Pine Grosbeak Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Evening Grosbeak SPOTTED SANDPIPER - not on count before; found by Kevin McGowan at Ladoga just outside count circle today Get out and find 'em! 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