Hi All, looking for help for a Winter Waterfowl Count. If you can help please contact Frank Morlock at [email protected] . ----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Morlock To: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; Frank Moses ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; Jay McGowan ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; Brian Zielinski ; James Eckler ; Mike Wasilco ; Sara Buckenmeyer ; Thomas Bell ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:54 PM Subject: Waterfowl Counts March 3rd & 10th
A few of us have decided to do a count this Saturday, the 3rd in addition to the count already planned for the 10th (I know it's late notice). We could certainly use more help. Again, like the count planned for the 10th, we should be all done by 11am. If you know someone that would like to come along, even if it's just to help tally, that would be great. If they have some experience IDing and counting waterfowl, have them contact me. Please let me know if you can help, and if you'll have someone to tally. If you're recieving this email regarding the counts for the first time, what we're talking abut here is doing a count of all the waterfowl within the Montezuma Wetlands Complex. Both counts will start at 8a, and lunch will be provided both days, and will be served at 11:00a at the Refuge office. Still some details to work out, so expect a couple more emails as we get closer to the counts, including a data sheet for those of you that are going to help out as counters, and some descriptions of the areas we'll be counting. There were good numbers of ducks/geese/swans at Northern Montezuma today including some Green-winged Teal (first I've seen them up there this year). Quite a few Pintail in a couple different places...a lot of high flyers today. We could use some more water up there. A couple Wood Duck sightings at the Refuge the past couple weeks...a Shoveler at Larue's Lagoon a few days ago. Yesterday at the south end of Lower Lake Rd. where it connects to Route 89 we counted approx. 75-100,000 Snow Geese. We passed it once going south and figured it for less than half that. A half hour later it had grown to a very sizeable flock that was for the most part very near shore. We were there for about 20 minutes and easily picked out 5 or 6 neck collared individuals that were close enough to get a pos. ID on the collar #. There must have been plenty more....Couldn't pick out a ROSS's, but the sheer numbers made it difficult. Quite a few Blues easily visible up close. At one point about 1/4 of the flock picked up simply to re-position themselves a few minutes later, and that's when we knew we had been underestimating by a lot. It is certainly difficult when there are that many....everyone there was in awe...quite a sight! The north end is still holding hundreds of swans...a couple hundred Gadwall also viewable from Cayuga Lake State Park amidst all the rest of the waterfowl...Mallards, Black Ducks, Wigeon and Common Mergansers also plentiful. A few Bufflehead, Redheads,Pintail...etc. etc. A great time for viewing on the lake! Hope you can come out and lend a hand, Frank Frank Morlock NYSDEC Northern Montezuma WMA 1385 Morgan Rd. Savannah, NY 13146 315-365-2134 or 315-729-7273 [email protected] -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
