Re:[cayugabirds-l] snow geese
I drove up the east side of Cayuga Lake early this morning, expecting to come upon hordes of snow geese at some point. There were none at the north end of the lake, and I made it to East Rd. before I had 2 SNOW GEESE fly over. Nothing in the Mucklands, but at Carncross Rd., I was just in time to see the hinder parts of a flock of about 150 SNOW GEESE heading north. I spent several hours in the North Montezuma WMA and finally a mess of snows came in from the NNW. I estimated about 2000-2500. Returning to the Potato Bldg., I found to the south, and partially hidden by Phragmites, about the same number of snows in a dense mass, mostly sleeping. With favorable winds, I guess the hordes couldn't wait. Almost nothing on the Lake, but thousands of PINTAILS and hundreds of AMER. WIGEON in the wet fields in the Mucklands. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Northern Pintail x Mallard hybrid - Savannah (12 March 2010)
Cayugabirders, Jay McGowan, Shawn Billerman, and I looked for the big flocks of Snow Geese in the Montezuma/ Savannah area this morning without success (similar to Steve's report). We did see a massive flock of ~13,000 Northern Pintail (conservative estimate not counting many birds in the tall grass) on Van Dyne Spoor Rd. in Savannah. One of the birds closest to the road was a gorgeous and bizarre Mallard x N. Pintail hybrid. Photos are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonxie88/ If anyone sees the massive flocks of Snows today or this weekend, please report. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] ARMITAGE not Armstrong
Hi all, Thanks to Mr. Heist Kathy Strickland for mentioning that I had used the incorrect Rd. name for the eagles. Maybe because I've known Armstrong in Lansing for no less than 30 yrs.! The eagles WERE at the ARMITAGE Rd. nesting area. However, this afternoon Kathy I struck out on seeing any. We saw lots, putting it mildly, of Redwings Grackles along 89 just before along Armitage Rd.. Quite the noise! A day does make a lot of difference. Snows weren't covering the muck but we saw lots of them flying over. Many stunningly beautiful M F PINTAILS were almost invisible, feeding with Mallards, Canadas A. WIGEON. On East Rd. by the birdbox we saw a M F BLUEBIRD. TUNDRA SWANS various other waterbirds were on the Knox Marcellus Marsh. From there we could see SNOWS over on the back side of the muck. Also saw a REDTAIL HAWK sitting on a nest in a tree across the road from the marsh. North of Cayuga we saw a TRUMPETER SWAN not too far out from the houses but all the Tundras I saw yesterday were gone. We saw Gary K.. He told us about the great numbers of swans he saw on the Main pool at the refuge. Kathy I didn't have time to go there. Hopefully we'll see the Mergansers at Stewart Park before they disappear. I'm sure we missed the boat by not going to Sodus Oswego to see ducks Scoters when the weather was still nasty. Fritzie -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] snow geese
I was at the Mucklands @ 715 this morning and saw tens of thousands of snows, on the muck there as well as flying over from what I presumed was the Lake or the Refuge. The ones on the muck lifted off at 724 and headed north. From: bounce-5424357-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Susan Fast Sent: Fri 3/12/2010 3:35 PM To: 'CayugaBirds' Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] snow geese I drove up the east side of Cayuga Lake early this morning, expecting to come upon hordes of snow geese at some point. There were none at the north end of the lake, and I made it to East Rd. before I had 2 SNOW GEESE fly over. Nothing in the Mucklands, but at Carncross Rd., I was just in time to see the hinder parts of a flock of about 150 SNOW GEESE heading north. I spent several hours in the North Montezuma WMA and finally a mess of snows came in from the NNW. I estimated about 2000-2500. Returning to the Potato Bldg., I found to the south, and partially hidden by Phragmites, about the same number of snows in a dense mass, mostly sleeping. With favorable winds, I guess the hordes couldn't wait. Almost nothing on the Lake, but thousands of PINTAILS and hundreds of AMER. WIGEON in the wet fields in the Mucklands. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Mucklands Snow Geese
This afternoon I was finally able to find a large flock of SNOW GEESE at the south end of the mucklands. Over the 2 hours I watched this flock it grew to 45,000 birds as more came in from the north. The flock periodically rose to circle as BALD EAGLES flew over. I was able to find one ROSS'S GOOSE before eye-strain set in. On Rt-89 between East Rd. and the mucklands I stopped to enjoy hundreds of thousands of BLACKBIRDS streaming north over the road from the nearby trees. The main pool at Montezuma held 1100, most if not all, TUNDRA SWANS. There was a large flock of AYTHYA, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, A.WIGEON, GADWALL, BLACK DUCK, MALLARD, RUDDY DUCK. Stewart Park still has a terrific variety of waterfowl, including RUDDY DUCK, WOOD DUCK, RED-BREASTED/HOODED/COMMON MERGANSERS, A.WIGEON, C.GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, SCAUP, RING-NECKED, MALLARDS. There was also a leucistic Mallard that I haven't seen before. The east side of Cayuga lake, between the ends, was pretty empty. The west side south of Cayuga Lake State Park had some large mixed flocks of waterfowl, but I didn't have time to scan them. Happy birding, Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
