This morning (Saturday 15 October) I met Bob McGuire, Lee Ann vanLeer, Stuart Krasnoff, and Brett Haranin at Stewart Park.
Blackpoll Warbler - in willow next to dock
Song Sparrow - in weeds by dock
--Dave Nutter
These are the birds I recall:
Canada Goose - scores
Wood Duck - 4 males, 3 females (at least) in Swan Pond
American Black Duck - a fewMallard - scores
Blue-winged Teal - 1 near shore of Stewart Park
Redhead - 1 male continuingLesser Scaup - 1 male & 1 female, continuing
Surf Scoter - 1 with ducks & geese off Stewart Park, 1 way out to NW
Hooded Merganser - 2
Common Merganser - 12 in Fall Creek
Ruddy Duck - flock of ~18 off Swan Pond, another smaller flock and a few individuals
Pied-billed Grebe - 4
Double-crested Cormorant - scores
Great Blue Heron - 3 (1 near dock, 1 alit next to Great Egret, 1 resting in tree by Swan Pond)Great Egret - 1 near shore, east end of Stewart Park
American Coot - 1 near SE corner of lake, ~25 off Swan Pond, 5 way out in middle of lakeTurkey Vulture - Bob said he saw one as we left
Bald Eagle - 1 adult splashed down into lake far to NW for a minute, then carried prey to Hog Hole
Cooper's Hawk - 1 immature in trees along shore
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 overhead, localRing-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed GullRock Pigeon - 1 on roof of Cascadilla Boathouse
Belted Kingfisher - 1 heard
Downy Woodpecker - 1 heard
American Crow
Fish Crow - heard by Jetty Woods
Blue Jay - few flying by (local?)
Carolina Wren - heard by Bob from Jetty Woods
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 by Swan PondWhite-throated Sparrow - in weeds by dock
House Sparrow - flock by dock
Brett, Stuart, Bob & I continued to Myers, where the most noteworthy birds were:
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 female off point
Killdeer - 1 by bar in creek
Belted Kingfisher - 1 on far side of creek
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