Art Buddington and I saw the Eared Grebe (originally seen by David Neuve of Silver Creek in February) closeby off the east side of the Central Avenue dock near the Main Street breakwall. It rested amongst the Coots most of the time. It is the first time that I can remember a Grebe resting with its head turned back which it did for only a few moments.
The ice was separating from the shore ice well past Serval St. to the east and the harbor seems to have many fewer waterfowl than I can ever remember. Many Pied-billed Grebes and Cormorants were on the south side of the West Inner breakwall. The Greater Black-backed Gull continues as the apparent most numerous gull species in the harbor. We saw an adult and two subadult eagles on the ice outside the outer breakwall from a viewpoint near the DEC offices at Point Gratiot (former fish hatchery). A surprising amount of open water existed in the vicinity of the Buffalo Harbor. The rest of the lake appeared frozen from what we could see. Jerry Lazarczyk Grand Island NY ____________________________________________________________ Stock Options Click to learn about options trading and get the latest information. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/c?cp=Q-gOtLybVYIL-iwP6CBjngAAJ1Huz9iSZvtuEnZrPya7cU_rAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQlgAAAAA= -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/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/ --
