Hi all, Another interesting day at the loon watch conducted at Taughannock Falls SP. The first wave was strong and was accountable for nearly all 568 loons heading south during the two hour period. As with yesterday, large numbers started returning north 30min or so into the count - probably due to weather once again. The second flight, birds from Lake Ontario, was basically absent. Yesterday’s impressive push probably cleared out most of the loons built up along Lake Ontario. Of interest, one of the last groups of loons heading south today included 3 RED-THROATED LOONS - the first ones for the loon watch this fall.
A few of us lingered at Taughannock after the official count was over and had another 50 or so Common and 1 Red-throated Loon flying south overhead. Also of note were three Snow Buntings that decided to land on the rocks right next to us for two seconds before taking off again. Ethan -- 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/ --
