Single Bufflehead and Ruddy Duck were the highlights at Stewart Park this noon.
Location: Stewart Park Observation date: 9/23/09 Notes: WEATHER: partly cloudy, light breeze, warm, humid; a quick, lunch-time stop Time: 12:40-13:05 Canada Goose (180) Mallard (40) Blue-winged Teal (2) Green-winged Teal (1) BUFFLEHEAD (1) unusual, apparent eclipse male RUDDY DUCK (1) unusual, female/imm. Pied-billed Grebe (5) Double-crested Cormorant (70) mostly in large feeding raft on W side of lake Red-tailed Hawk (1) American Coot (1) Ring-billed Gull (175) Herring Gull (75) Great Black-backed Gull (5) Belted Kingfisher (1) American Crow (1) American Goldfinch (1) This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Earlier in the morning, Tom Johnson and I observed a Philadelphia Vireo and at least 2 Blackpoll Warblers north of the airport in Lansing and a Winter Wren and "Yellow" Palm Warbler at Dodge Road in Dryden. Like yesterday, numbers of Blue Jays were moving southward in flocks of variable size, despite the southerly breeze. Mike Harvey [email protected] -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
