RBA Conesus trip this morning

[James Kimball]

Cold (in the 20s) and breezy for this morning’s RBA trip around Conesus Lake; we had a small but hearty crew of 6 and came up with a list of 34 species. There were hunters and strings of decoys at many locations, including in Vitale park itself, so waterfowl were scattered around the lake. Some birds of special interest included good looks at a pair of adult Bald Eagles and a Kingfisher at the inlet swamp area, Pied-billed and Red-necked Grebes along West Lake Rd., Tundra Swans near the north end and a raft of Redheads and others seen from Pebble Beach Rd.

 

Canada Goose                         2500

Tundra Swan                           16

American Black Duck              30

Mallard                                   800

Redhead                                  2000

RIng-necked Duck                   5

Greater Scaup                         2

Lesser Scaup                           20

Bufflehead                              15

Common Goldeneye               1

Hooded Merganser                 5

Common Merganser               4

Red-breasted Merganser        2

Common Loon                        1

Pied-billed Grebe                    1

Red-necked Grebe                  1

DC Cormorant                         1

Bald Eagle                               3

Red-tailed Hawk                      1

Ring-billed Gull                       200

Herring Gull                            45

Lesser Black-backed Gull         1

Mourning Dove                       4

Belted Kingfisher                    2

Red-bellied Woodpecker        1

Blue Jay                                   4

American Crow                       3

Black-capped Chickadee         2

Red-breasted Nuthatch          1

Carolina Wren                         1

American Tree Sparrow          5

Swamp Sparrow                      3

Dark-eyed Junco                     10

N. Cardinal                              2

American Goldfinch                2