[cayugabirds-l] The Loon Watch – 1st notable push

Hi all, Today’s northwesterly winds produced the first notable push of Common Loons over Cayuga Lake. In total, Bill Evans and I counted 415 flying south and 25 north from the loon watch location at Taughannock. The first wave (birds lifting off Cayuga Lake further north) was considerably small

[cayugabirds-l] Huge loon movement today

Today was incredible…after thinking that the buildup of loons moved through yesterday, I did not anticipate today to surpass yesterdays count, but it did…by a lot! The total count was 2,112 (South) and 231 (North). The first wave off Cayuga Lake commenced quickly with 150 heading south in the 1

[cayugabirds-l] Loon Watch - Sun, Nov 4th

Hi all, Another interesting day at the loon watch conducted at Taughannock Falls SP. The first wave was strong and was accountable for nearly all 568 loons heading south during the two hour period. As with yesterday, large numbers started returning north 30min or so into the count - probably du

[cayugabirds-l] Loon Watch - Mon, Nov 5th

Hi all, Even with several days of consecutive north winds, Common Loons still continued to push south in decent numbers today. This morning the total was 704 (south) and 50 (north), with the first wave being stronger (birds from Cayuga Lake). Also of note was a flock of ~300 Snow Geese also mov

[cayugabirds-l] Loon Watch - Nov 6th/Red Crossbills

Hi all, With the calm winds, it was considerably slower on the loon front. Total count this morning was 319 south (10 north) with a dozen or so sitting on the water. The second wave was virtually nonexistent, with no loons from Lake Ontario. The highlight this morning was four Red Crossbills th

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Loon Watch - Nov 7-9th

Hi all, Last Wednesday (Nov 7th) was very slow at the Taughannock Loon Watch with only 39 loons heading south (5 north) in addition to 135 sitting on the water. Yesterday was more rewarding with 443 south (19 north), which brought the season total over the 4,000 mark. Today was another slow day

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Loon Watch - Nov 10-16

Hi all, The last week has been rather slow on the loon watching front, hence the lack of reports. Between Nov 10-13, only 23 were recorded south (and 4 north). Wednesday, Nov 14th, improved with 342 south (5 north) with the addition of a Red-throated Loon as well. Yesterday and today were nearl

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Loon Watch - Nov 17-20

Hi all, Once again, another update from the Taughannock Loon Watch. Starting where we left off, Nov 17th ended up producing the largest push of loons over the past five mornings with 178 south (20 north; 40 on water). Since then there hasn’t been much activity. The mornings of the 18th, 19th an

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Loon Watch - Nov 24th

Hi all, Five of us braved the wind and cold at the Taughannock Loon Watch this morning. The first 15 minutes started out great with 111 moving south, but things slowed down considerably for the rest of the morning. Nearly all loons were Cayuga Lake birds with a few Lake Ontario birds towards th

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Loon Watch update

Hi all, As you have probably guessed, the long delay in updates have been due to minimal loon movement. Here's a breakdown for the last week: Nov 25th - A frustrating day to say at least. Bill Evans joined today and we counted 219 (south), but for some reason the majority (159) returned north.

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Loon Watch update--Correction

Hi all, Nov 30th should read 12 (south), 33 (north). We actually subtracted from the total count that day! Ethan -- On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 9:07 PM EST Ethan Kistler wrote: >Hi all, > >As you have probably guessed, the long delay in updates have be

[cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Loon Watch wrapup & sightings

Hi all, Monday and Tuesday produced no loon movement. It came down to yesterday's perfect NW winds to determine whether or not the loon migration is coming to an end. During the two hour period, we counted 135 (south) and 13 (north) plus another 100 in the fifteen minutes following the count. I