A friend of mine and I watched quite a few hooded mergansers on a farm pond off of Route 79 west of Ithaca but still in the town of Ithaca this evening (private land, I don't want to get more specific than that).
There were probably 18 or 20 total, more males than females and quite a bit of courting behavior. And there's a pond on Sheffield Road near the old Genex buildings that is mowed right down to the edge of the pond so no shelter. There've been a pair of woodducks the last few days on that pond. Deb Deborah G. Grantham Director, Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences Faculty Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Cornell University The Northeastern IPM Center is based at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Cornell University sits on the traditional homelands of the Cayuga Nation<https://cals.cornell.edu/american-indian-indigenous-studies/about/land-acknowledgment>. 100B Rice Hall, 340 Tower Road Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-8879 www.northeastipm.org<http://www.northeastipm.org/> | Facebook | Twitter I recognize and respect that my working hours may not align with your working hours. Please respond to this e-mail on a day/time that honors your work/life balance. Save the Date! 11th International IPM Symposium https://ipmsymposium.org/ [cid:image001.jpg@01DA73A6.AA9C5B30] <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fipmsymposium.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cdgg3%40cornell.edu%7C8c7d4498598a400de80808dc41e0ce08%7C5d7e43661b9b45cf8e79b14b27df46e1%7C0%7C0%7C638457681017136778%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vVdv5UUf9lIS97BRFBtfrje0PyDWtUHDN6TG97DPPgk%3D&reserved=0> March 3-6, 2025 * Paradise Point Resort * San Diego, CA -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --