There were 24 RED-NECKED GREBES and a single PIED-BILLED GREBE on Oneida Lake this morning, seen from Mill St in Constantia. The water on the lake has opened up quite a bit along the shoreline, extending all the way out to the islands before you hit the surface ice on the lake. Other waterfowl species present in small numbers were:
COMMON LOON - 2 CANADA GOOSE – 5 plus 49 flyovers MALLARD - 4 COMMON MERGANSER - 8 COMMON GOLDENEYE - 8 BUFFLEHEAD - 34 RING-NECKED DUCK - 6 GREATER SCAUP - 8 LESSER SCAUP – 4 Scaup sp - 15 Also 2 flyby WOOD DUCKS, 5 flyby CORMORANTS, a BELTED KINGFISHER and an adult BALD EAGLE. I stopped there again in the afternoon and found similar numbers of all the species listed above, with the addition of 3 BONAPARTE’S GULLS. Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY [email protected] 315-679-6299 -- 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/ --
