Hi all, Many thanks to everyone who replied. I did find Red-breasted Mergansers at Aurora Boathouse today... I'd estimate about 50 to the south of the boathouse when I first arrived, but then they spread out into small groups later in the morning. I was after shots of them displaying, which they were doing a lot. Here's a link to my best (=closest) shot of the morning (I was there nearly 3 hours and this was the closest they came).
http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Red-breasted-Merganser/G0000lVEsHq9kUfk/I0000d.HU0n0wEUc/C0000gPnR25d.5jw Also there: Common Mergansers Horned Grebe in handsome plumage Common Loon (ditto) Belted Kingfisher (heard only) And back at home, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker has arrived and started drumming on the exact same tree limb that one has used in past years. Maybe the same individual? Anyway, he will be photographed in due course! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography-104356136271727/ ________________________________________ From: bounce-121410535-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-121410535-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Saturday, April 8, 2017 7:51 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Any RB Mergs at Aurora? Hi all, I'm thinking of heading to Aurora tomorrow in search of Red-breasted Mergansers. Has anyone checked the boathouse lately, and if so did you see any RB Mergs? -- 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/ --
