The immature NORTHERN GANNET was still present in the southeast corner of Seneca Lake at dusk just now, sleeping and swimming around between swans. Visible from the pulloff and from Warren Clute Park. On Nov 21, 2014 3:13 PM, "John and Sue Gregoire" <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 1400 today, we had a mixed flock of Tundra and Trumpeter Swans close in > to shore > on Seneca Lake at the bottom of the Rte 79 hill. While separating the > swans a huge > seabird swam into view and eventually came right offshore. It was a juv. > Northern > Gannet!! Plumage much as the one we had there two years ago. Earlier today > a > Peregrine falcon buzzed that area and landed on the old salt tower at > Clute Park. > Many ducks in the area and in the canal including three merganser species. > Three > Sandhill cranes (two adult one juv) remain in Queen Catharine Marsh as > well as the > two adult Bald Eagles that successfully nested there this summer (they > were on the > nest tree). Didn't tarry much beyond that as we manged to run the battery > down, get > a jump start and head into town for a new battery! Worth it. > > J&S > -- > John and Sue Gregoire > Field Ornithologists > Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory > 5373 Fitzgerald Road > Burdett,NY 14818-9626 > N 42 26.611' W 76 45.492' > Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ > "Conserve and Create Habitat" > > > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
