[cayugabirds-l] Trumpeter Swans?
I had the good fortune of seeing four Trumpeter Swans, I believe, flying south along Cayuga Lake in Aurora. My identification was reinforced by the sound of the birds calling as they flew by; the sun was shining and the swans were a beautiful bright white against the blue-gray sky. I went on-line and listened to every available sound track of not only Trumpeters but also Tundras and ended up leaning heavily on my inclination that these were in fact Trumpeters. I however can't say with absolute certainty that I have made the right identification. I will keep my fingers crossed that there will be other sightings to corroborate my sighting. Bill Roberts Aurora -- 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] Aurora Bay / Union Springs and waterfowl count question
At Aurora Bay this morning, unfortunately the Redhead raft was NOT present, nor could I see any sign of it from Long Pt State Park looking south and across the lake. At Union Springs, the Factory Street pond hosted several Redhead and Gadwall pairs, as well as Mallards. The famous Screechie was soaking up the sun in the entrance of his box. For you lake-ice-watchers, the ice has retreated to just south of Union Springs (several miles north of its level last Monday). From Union Springs I could see hundreds of Tundra Swans roosting on the southernmost ice, way out in the middle of the lake, possibly closer to the west shore. There were also scattered Tundra Swans along the east shore of the lake, notably visible from Lake Road. I have a question for the those who took part in the recent waterfowl count: has anyone estimated the size of the Aythya raft? Or was that not in the count area at the time? The latest number I see is from the Christmas Bird Count at 940 birds, but that was a while ago and there are more birds now. I am being asked on Facebook how many that raft contains. (If all else fails I guess I will have to count them in my photo!) Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com -- 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] FW: CAYUGABIRDS - Redhead Raft at Myers Pt
HI Cayugabirders, I thought I would pass on this message I received just now, in case people are wondering where the big Redhead raft might have moved to and in prep for weekend birding adventures. Enjoy the weekend. Marie From: Hopkins,Jeffrey A. [hopki...@airproducts.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 5:35 PM To: Marie P Read Subject: CAYUGABIRDS - Redhead Raft Marie, I saw your post on CAYUGABIRDS about the redheads having moved on, and thought I'd reply (I'm not on the listserve - I'm just visiting Ithaca for the weekend). Feel free to forward this to the list if you'd like. I was birding at Myers Point at 4 PM this afternoon and had a large raft of redheads along the eastern lakeshore south of the point. I don't know if it was the raft you've been seeing, but it was certainly larger than any number of redheads I've ever seen. It certainly was a few thousand. Also there were quite a few ring-necks, mallards, and coots, 20-30 tundra swans, a few scaup (at least one of which I could ID as a greater) and common mergs, along with a lone female shoveler and a distant common loon. And of course Canada geese. The north side of the point had all the gulls and common goldeneye. Good birding, Jeff Hopkins Whitehall, PA *** Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com -- 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] FW: CAYUGABIRDS - Redhead Raft at Myers Pt
The Redhead raft that was at the SW corner of Cayuga has gone mostly missing, but a friend who lives just south of Taughannock park said they were on the west shore serveral days ago. I'll post if they return to the Hog Hole area. Today there were mostly Canada Geese and gull species, and a clump of Mallards. Elaina On 2/4/11 6:00 PM, Marie P Read m...@cornell.edu wrote: HI Cayugabirders, I thought I would pass on this message I received just now, in case people are wondering where the big Redhead raft might have moved to and in prep for weekend birding adventures. Enjoy the weekend. Marie From: Hopkins,Jeffrey A. [hopki...@airproducts.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 5:35 PM To: Marie P Read Subject: CAYUGABIRDS - Redhead Raft Marie, I saw your post on CAYUGABIRDS about the redheads having moved on, and thought I'd reply (I'm not on the listserve - I'm just visiting Ithaca for the weekend). Feel free to forward this to the list if you'd like. I was birding at Myers Point at 4 PM this afternoon and had a large raft of redheads along the eastern lakeshore south of the point. I don't know if it was the raft you've been seeing, but it was certainly larger than any number of redheads I've ever seen. It certainly was a few thousand. Also there were quite a few ring-necks, mallards, and coots, 20-30 tundra swans, a few scaup (at least one of which I could ID as a greater) and common mergs, along with a lone female shoveler and a distant common loon. And of course Canada geese. The north side of the point had all the gulls and common goldeneye. Good birding, Jeff Hopkins Whitehall, PA *** Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com -- 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 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/ --
