This morning, Chris Wood and Jessie Barry found a WESTERN GREBE on Cayuga Lake, Tompkins County, Town of Lansing, Myers Point Town Park. This is located on the East side of Cayuga Lake about 7 miles North of Ithaca, NY.
The bird was sighted from the NYS DEC Marina and Myers Point Town Park lighthouse. The bird was initially visible a ways out on the Lake to the Southwest. The bird continued to work its way North. Several local-area birders descended upon the site and got very identifiable scope views of the bird. I think some pictures were obtained.maybe links will be posted later. When everyone left, the bird was about West-Northwest of the lighthouse and working its way in an apparent straight line North, while actively diving. Huge thanks to Chris and Jessie for this excellent find for the Finger Lakes region! Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
