Early this afternoon, Ken Rosenberg, Alex Lees, Nárgila Moura, and Tom Auer found a male TUFTED DUCK in a large, Redhead-based Aythya flock off of Twin Oaks Campground on northern Cayuga Lake just north of Union Springs. The flock shifted when an eagle came over and some birds moved south to off of Kozy Kove Road, where Ken's group obligingly refound the bird shortly thereafter. The flocks continued to shift, and we lost the bird around 1:30 when most of the flock flew back north, perhaps to the Twin Oaks area again. List with photos here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26937243
Ken's group also found two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in the bay south of Hibiscus Harbor just north of Union Springs, as well as a SNOW x CANADA GOOSE hybrid. Photos here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26933763 Before this excitement, Livia and I were birding in Lansing. In addition to continuing AMERICAN PIPITS and KILLDEER on the shores of Salt Point, we found a GRAY CATBIRD along Portland Point Road, along with some impressive numbers of AMERICAN ROBINS and CEDAR WAXWINGS. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26925025 -- Jay McGowan Ithaca, NY [email protected] -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
