I arrived at the Wilson East Pier about 6PM Thursday and no Eiders but two fishermen on the East Pier. I scoped the channel then the lake to no avail. I saw the big sign that said "NO RUNNING ON THE PIER" (just joking) so I walked then scoped the lake and finally saw the hen King Eider in the lake close enough to make an ID. She was almost straight out the channel at about 6:15PM. I noted a number of species in the area then left. As I passed a parking lot facing the lake I noted a cruiser just outside of the channel outbound fast. I had never seen a King Eider in Niagara county, thank you Willie. Only Ring-billed Gulls on the West Pier and in the channel. Jerry LazarczykGrand Island NY
<!--CTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//E--><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Around 4:30 this afternoon I found a female KING</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">EIDER</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in the channel of the Wilson piers</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> on Lake Ontario</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. She was closer to the west pier and swam out of the channel as I walked out on the east pier</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. She refused to lift her head, however, until I started running, which allowed me to finally identify her</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">–</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> just in time as I was running out of pier!</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Whether or not she will return to</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">or stay in</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">the channel when there are fishermen on the east pier is questionable</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (there were none when I was there)</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> She did return to the channel after I left, as I checked from the parking lot.</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> On the west pier were a</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">couple</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> dozen CASPIAN TERNS</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> along with</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Herring and Ring-billed Gulls</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, which also took off</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">even before I started running but returned</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">shortly</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (it</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">’</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">s the scope and tripod that scares them)</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. I did not see the small unidentified tern</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> that was reported earlier in the afternoon.</span></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Good birding!</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Willie</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">----------------</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Willie D'Anna</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Betsy Potter</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wilson, NY</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">dannapotterATroadrunner.com</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.betsypottersart.com";><span lang="en-us"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #0000ff;">http://www.betsypottersart.com</span></span></span></a></div><div dir="ltr"> </div></html> -- 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/ --
