If negative results are useful, then this report might be of interest: On Thursday, Bill Howard and I birded from Summer Hill to Montezuma NWR to Stewart Park in Ithaca. There were few surprises.
Lake Como Road - three species of woodpeckers took turns using the same suet feeder Summer Hill - No winter specialties Cayuga Lake - Common Goldeneyes Union Springs - Many Red Head ducks on Mill Pond, ice on Cayuga Lake extends far offshore Montezuma NWR - Nothing Savannah Mucklands - Essentially nothing Cayuga Lake from Aurora - Nothing Rafferty Road - Nothing Ridge Road - Small flock of American Robins Myers Point - Ladoga Road - No birds at all - first time! Myers Point - Marina - A few Mallards Steward Park - Several (common) gulls Compost Pile - Crows Purvis Road - No birds Cornell Farms - No field birds - Robert Grosek Binghamton, New York -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
