Another great day of birding in SC. The Great Cormorant was missing most of the afternoon. An armada of Kayaks (at least 20 at one point) were taking advantage of the beautiful weather and must have pushed the bird away for a time, but late this afternoon Scott Baldinger called to say the bird had returned to its usual spot. Lance Verderame was able to see it this time. Elsewhere in the county, Kiamesha Lake, Neversink Reservoir and Swan Lake were all productive today. Here is a list of the highlights including the Bashakill:
Green-winged Teal - abundant SL and BK Palm Warblers Yellow-rumped Warblers Pine Siskins - up to 50 at several feeders Horned Grebe - 2 NR GREAT CORMORANT Fox Sparrows VESPER SPARROWS - 2 Deli Fields Common Mergansers - 50+ SL Pectoral Sandpiper - 3 SL Dunlin Killdeer Wilson's Snipe 19 SL Ruddy Duck 36 SL - 46 KL American Coot - 10 KL 1 Bash Rusty Blackbird (10+) SL a few Bash Bald Eagles - seemed to be everywhere Northern Harrier Bash My hope of finding a Double-crested Cormorant today did not materialize. John Haas -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
