This afternoon at the Somerset-Barker Wastewater Treatment Plant, Dean DiTommaso picked out two very early adult GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE among the many geese and gulls here. We also had 14 CACKLING GEESE and a juvenile PEREGRINE FALCON here. This is on Lower Lake Road in the Town of Somerset, Niagara County.
Watching the lake from 7:50 to noon at home yesterday, I had 34 species of birds, including my first of fall SURF SCOTER (2), LONG-TAILED DUCK (1), RED-THROATED LOON (2), DUNLIN (4), and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (an adult). See Saturday list, below. On Sunday, Dean watched the lake with me during the same time period as Saturday and we had 42 species. There was a heavy movement of waterfowl and a number of land birds around our watch site. Although I had nothing new today, 32 SURF SCOTERS, many unidentified dark-winged scoters, 285 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and 157 NORTHERN PINTAIL were highlights. See Sunday list, below. Good birding! Willie SATURDAY Canada Goose 19 Gadwall 2 American Wigeon 5 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 4 Blue-winged Teal 1 Northern Pintail 20 Green-winged Teal 1 Greater Scaup 20 Lesser Scaup 14 Surf Scoter 2 White-winged Scoter 20 Long-tailed Duck 1 Common Merganser 2 Red-breasted Merganser 153 Red-throated Loon 2 Common Loon 34 Horned Grebe 23 Red-necked Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant 17 American Coot 1 Dunlin 4 Bonaparte's Gull 5 Ring-billed Gull 72 Herring Gull 103 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Common Tern 5 Blue Jay 2 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 European Starling 1 White-throated Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 1 SUNDAY Canada Goose 151 American Wigeon 17 American Black Duck 13 Mallard 24 Blue-winged Teal 1 Northern Pintail 157 Green-winged Teal 4 Redhead 3 Greater Scaup 32 Lesser Scaup 16 Greater/Lesser Scaup 23 Surf Scoter 32 White-winged Scoter 285 Long-tailed Duck 2 Hooded Merganser 1 Red-breasted Merganser 168 duck sp. 140 Many ducks were distant and the light was poor, especially early. Common Loon 32 Horned Grebe 29 Red-necked Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant 143 Bonaparte's Gull 11 Ring-billed Gull 10 Herring Gull 44 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 3 Horned Lark 2 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 2 Winter Wren 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Eastern Bluebird 1 Hermit Thrush 2 American Robin 1 European Starling 4 American Pipit 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 American Goldfinch 1 House Sparrow 2 ------------------ Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com <http://www.betsypottersart.com/> -- 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/ --
