The Groveland flats CINNAMON TEAL was seen yesterday by a few birders but only in flight. The flooded field on the south side of Flats Road is the favored area but the water has receded markedly such that many ducks are now completely hidden by corn stubble. You need to wait for ducks to fly up and hope to spot it. It was with three Northern Shovelers when we saw it yesterday. In three hours, we only had two brief views and some of us only got on it once.
The second cycle LAUGHING GULL continues at the north end of Conesus Lake, viewed from Vitale Park. We saw it around 6:30 - 7:00 last evening in the bay to the east of the park, as well as perching on one of the docks there. Two Red-throated Loons also continue on the lake, as well as an excellent diversity of other waterbirds. Good birding! Willie ------------------ Willie D'Anna Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunnerDOTcom -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
