Hi All - Just a reminder that I will be leading a Loon Watch at Taughannock Falls State Park this Sunday, November 13, 2016 beginning at 6:20 AM. We will assemble on the south side of Taughannock Creek at its confluence with Cayuga Lake. Depending on the number of participants, we may break into two groups in order to maximize our coverage of migratory routes. Last year we had a banner day with +1,000 Common Loons and a couple of Red Throated Loons. Yesterday, while closing my cottage for the season, I scanned the lake from my front yard on the west shore near Camp Barton. My high count was 168 Common Loons. My guess is that at this vantage point I can view about 8 square miles of lake surface or approximately 12% of the total surface of Cayuga Lake. This would suggest there could be +2,000 loons currently on the lake……but then, who’s counting! See you Sunday. Wes --
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/ --
