Re: [cayugabirds-l] Huge rafts

2024-12-25 Thread Dave Nutter
I had a look, scoping from the lakeshore at Allan Treman State Marine Park. I don’t know the number of ducks, but there’s plenty of variety. It includes the sweep of our species in the Aythya genus, in order of abundance: Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Canvasback, and at

[cayugabirds-l] Johnson Rd. Rough Leg

2024-12-25 Thread Peter Saracino
Today on a Christmas walk with my adult children in the fields on the backside of Johnson Rd (Town of Phelps) and saw a dark phase rough-leg perched on a spray unit. It was being consistently dive-bombed by a short-eared owl and finally took off only to be pursued by an owl. The two birds became to

[cayugabirds-l] Huge rafts

2024-12-25 Thread Elaina M. McCartney
If anyone would like to get some holiday fresh air and practice counting, there are HUGE rafts of waterfowl spreading along the 800 and 900 blocks of Taughannock Blvd. Elaina -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirdin