I stopped by Stewart Park after lunch, on the way to do errands. I immediately noticed a Red-tailed Hawk on the ice, working over the bloody carcass of what appeared to have been a Mallard. Just then a Peregrine dove on the hawk and put it up, then chased it away and into the lakeside willows. The Peregrine then returned to the carcass and proceeded to feed.
The lone Double-crested Cormorant continued on the Pile Cluster, looking very out--of-place. I lsearched for but could not find any Pied-billed Grebes at the south end of the lake but eventually turned one up at the yacht club - another first-of-year bird. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
