Hi all, Five of us braved the wind and cold at the Taughannock Loon Watch this morning. The first 15 minutes started out great with 111 moving south, but things slowed down considerably for the rest of the morning. Nearly all loons were Cayuga Lake birds with a few Lake Ontario birds towards the end. In all we had 270 (south) and 86 (north). There was a high percentage of birds heading north, but many of these were just gaining altitude. We count them south, subtract them going north, and recount them heading south again so the end count is accurate.
We were anticipating a good Lake Ontario wave with the WNW and at times, NW winds, but it never happened. Looking north, there were dark clouds with a lot of precipitation along Lake Ontario; this probably had blocked a lot of birds from heading south. Other birds of note include two flocks of Northern Pintail (70; 12) as well as 10 Tundra Swans all heading south. Tomorrow winds shift to the west so there may still be some birds moving. 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/ --
