The EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was found easily this morning around 10:15. It was on the edge of the large parking lot for the Boathouse Restaurant. Today, it stayed close to the restaurant and even perched on someone's balcony railing close to eye-level. As usual, it sang several times as well. There are several Mourning Doves in the area and I still don't know what species, if any, it is mated with. It has been seen chasing and possibly courting a Mourning Dove but today it showed no interest in the other doves while I was there.
The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was also easy to find at its usual haunt on the west branch of Twelve Mile Creek. It seems to hang out in a relatively small area between the dock with the banner and the spit of land just before Lake Ontario - these areas are on the west half of the creek. Today I watched from Wilson-Tuscarora State Park, directly across the creek from the duck. It would have been visible but more distant from the town boat ramp, accessed from the west side of the creek, as well. Good birding! Willie ------------------ Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com <http://www.betsypottersart.com/> 2013 Big Year: http://www.betsypottersart.com/willie-s-photos/2013-big-year/ Odenates: https://www.flickr.com/photos/107683885@N07/sets/72157653377711578 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
