Just seen on lake: 8 elegant TUNDRA SWANS gliding by a small (250?) raft of mostly REDHEADS with a few SCAUP sp. & RING-NECKED DUCKS & some HERRING GULLS. all of a sudden the whole raft flew north.
It reminded me that when the larger Aythya rafts were here a month ago, from the railroad track above the lake I could see the raft swim into a large, almost perfect circle around each mooring ball they swam by. Mooring balls, which are plentiful here, are attached to an under water chain that is attached to a heavy weight on the bottom of the lake. It was interesting to see the raft form the wide circle around each ball as if it was an object to be avoided. (My interpretation). Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott Lansing/Cayuga Lake -- 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/ --
