Hi everyone, While some may prefer sunny blue skies, days where skies blend into bark and mud offer much better birding. Shades of gray and heavy moisture in the air were too tempting to resist. Perhaps E. L. James is a birder? Whatever the case, Dryden Lake was calling.
While still almost entirely frozen, open patches on the east and west side of Dryden Lake hosted good numbers of birds including RED-NECKED GREBE, LONG-TAILED DUCK, and BONAPARTE'S GULLS. 61 species total. I also did two avicaching sites, which were surprisingly good-it's interesting to see what is at these most underbirded locations in the county. Links to all three checklists below. Dryden Lake: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22734684 AviTom34: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22734948 AviTom 39: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22735169 Good birding. Chris Wood Ithaca, NY -- 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/ --
