I just returned from a walk from the marina out to the lakeshore to see if Elaina's shovelers could be seen from there. It was pretty windy (and snowy) and, even though I could see her dock, I could not find the shovelers. However, there were two make Northern Shovelers bobbing in the froth just off the ice edge north of Hog Hole. And I had a small flock of Snow Geese, about two dozen white with one blue morph, winging their way slowly, just above my head, up to the lake. Tough day to be flying north! One of the geese was slightly smaller, and I thought of Ken. But I just couldn't bring myself to call it Ross's.
Bob McGuire On Mar 6, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Elaina McCartney wrote: > The Northern Shovelers have spent the afternoon here near the shore > in a tight pack. The water between the two docks is somewhat > sheltered when it's stormy. There were no Canada Geese when I made > the report, but they've since gathered a bit out from shore, several > hundred. No Tundra Swans for 2 days. There's been a regular group > of about a dozen Ruddy Ducks for more than a week, but only a few > were visible today. > > Elaina > > Location: SW corner Cayuga Lake > Observation date: 3/6/11 > Notes: Visibility of lake far from shore poor due to falling > snow. 12 Northern Shovelers between 2 docks close to shore (at > least 8 still there a couple hours later). > Number of species: 22 > > Northern Shoveler 12 > Canvasback 2 > Common Merganser 2 > Ruddy Duck 3 > Mourning Dove 6 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 > Downy Woodpecker 2 > Hairy Woodpecker 1 > Blue Jay 1 > American Crow 3 > Black-capped Chickadee 2 > Tufted Titmouse 1 > White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2 > Carolina Wren 2 > Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 > European Starling 3 > American Tree Sparrow 1 > Song Sparrow 1 > Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1 > Northern Cardinal 1 > American Goldfinch 6 > House Sparrow 9 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) > -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
