Re: [cayugabirds-l] FW: CAYUGABIRDS - Redhead Raft at Myers Pt

2011-02-04 Thread Elaina McCartney
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

[cayugabirds-l] FW: CAYUGABIRDS - Redhead Raft at Myers Pt

2011-02-04 Thread Marie P Read
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. [hopk

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Aurora Bay / Union Springs and waterfowl count question

2011-02-04 Thread B Mcaneny
Marie and others, On Jan. 15, Jess Miller and I had the "redhead raft" in the southwest corner of the lake. It was stretched along the west shore for quite a distance, so we had to count from several overlooks. Allowing for the fact that there were parts of the raft we could not see, we arrri

re:[cayugabirds-l] bald eagle

2011-02-04 Thread david olmstead
Has anyone seen a bald eagle near Candor recently? David Olmstead -- 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://bird

[cayugabirds-l] Aurora Bay / Union Springs and waterfowl count question

2011-02-04 Thread Marie P Read
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

[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagles

2011-02-04 Thread Kathy Strickland
On our way back from Glenwood Foods, Fritzie Blizzard and I found 3 Bald Eagles perched in the trees near the nest at Mud Lock--2 adults and 1 immature. And on my way home up Powers road a tiny flock of 4 Snow Buntings was feeding and flitting at the roadside across from Country Auto--the first

[cayugabirds-l] Trumpeter Swans?

2011-02-04 Thread wroberts
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-l