I haven't gotten out birding much lately, so this morning I grabbed some
Gimme coffee from the new coffee shop "The Shop" at the bottom of E.
Seneca and headed out for a short drive. Nothing exceptional to report,
but still a nice day for a little car birding ;)
At Myer's there was an Eastern Phoebe foraging along shore near the
entrance to the small parking area at the point, as well as a small flock
of Cedar Waxwings. Two Eastern Bluebirds were perched on the kiosk with a
resting flock of mostly Ring-billed Gulls in their usual spot (a few
Herring Gulls were also in the group). Handfull of DC Cormorants,
Mallards and a single Great Black-backed Gull were out on the water.
Further up the inlet were 2 female (young?) Hooded Mergansers, a few more
mallard, and a handfull of the expected land birds. Visibility on the
lake was pretty good, but I didn't notice anything out there other than
a couple of boats, and the usual gulls, mallards, and cormorants.
I took a detour over to Stevenson Rd. on the way back home with the hope
of plowed fields and a chance for Am. Golden Plovers. Wishfull thinking!
;) Instead, there was still plenty of green in the fields, zero plovers of
any kind, and one lone Great Blue Heron hunting in one fields. The
compost piles held a few gulls (mostly Herring with about half as many
Ring-billed), a few crows, the usual flock(s) of Pigeons, and a nice group
of 60+ Turkey Vultures.
Two of the TuVus had a little sparring match over who was going to be on
top of a particular pile, which involved a lot of jumping and kicking at
one another - something I hadn't seen before in this species, and a nice
little cosolation prize for the otherwise uneventfull trip ;)
Good birding,
-Paul H.
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