Susie & I headed up to Lake Ontario today. First stop was BARB'S DINER in LOCKE for a wonderful way to start the trip. Then on to Fair Haven Beach State Park. On arrival we were surprised to see a veritable mass of TURKEY VULTURES overhead, no flapping, no circling; all in loose formation heading NE. We counted around 150.
We then headed to the western breakwater. While I set up the scope at the northern end of the pier, Susie played with rocks for 1.5 hrs.; and came upon a sunning tangle of 8 young garter snakes. Enclosed is a list of birds seen there. Common loon 12 Red-throated loon 1 (basic plumage) Red-necked grebe 10 (beautiful breeding colors) White-winged scoter 3 Long-tailed duck 25 Bufflehead 2 Red-breasted merganser ( too many to count) D.-c. cormorant 1 Killdeer 1 Bonaparte's gull 8 Herring gull 1 Great black-backed gull 3 Ring-billed gull 6 Caspian tern 5 We ended the day with a shake & cone at PETE'S TREATS IN Union Springs. Steve & Susie 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/ --
