On my walk back from the lake late this afternoon I saw a single KILLDEER silently foraging in the northeasternmost soccer field of Cass Park. Nearby an EASTERN BLUEBIRD sang. At the south end of the park atop a high-voltage power pole, a/the RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD sat and occasionally sang. There's no turning back now! Well, actually they'll all be screwed by Thursday and wish they'd turned back, but that's springtime in Ithaca. Enjoy what you can when you can!
From NYS-89 in the Town of Ithaca I could see that the lake still has at least one RED-NECKED GREBE, several RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 17 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 26 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and at least a dozen other species of waterfowl. The ice held one immature BALD EAGLE, one LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, three GLAUCOUS GULLS each in a distinct plumage and visible simultaneously, and the other usual 3 species of gulls.
From NYS-89 in the Town of Ithaca I could see that the lake still has at least one RED-NECKED GREBE, several RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 17 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 26 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and at least a dozen other species of waterfowl. The ice held one immature BALD EAGLE, one LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, three GLAUCOUS GULLS each in a distinct plumage and visible simultaneously, and the other usual 3 species of gulls.
--Dave Nutter
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