Birding report

Only Gary and I showed up for the weekly birding outing of the Tiadaghton Audubon Society this morning. Everybody else had other things to do such as doctor's appointments, teaching, and travel.

This week we went to the west end of Cowanesque Lake, another Corps of Engineers' impoundment in northern Tioga County. We parked at the western most end of the Moccasin Trail and walked from their to the Route 49 overpass and then around the town of Nelson's recreation area.

The day started on a bit of a sour note since it was quite foggy and gray making it difficult to see birds and to ID their colors wen we did spot one, but, as usually happens, the fog burned off and we saw more and more species. It was good to see that the lake has risen considerably since the beginning of the summer. Undoubtedly, last weeks heavy rainfall helped quite a bit.

Here's the results of our walk as I recorded them:


Location: W. Cowanesque Lake
Observation date: 8/30/07
Notes: Foggy and warm to start then just very warm and muggy. No wind.
Number of species: 32

Double-crested Cormorant 9
Great Blue Heron 4
Green Heron 1
Osprey 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 6
Common Raven 1
Barn Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 5
European Starling 50
Cedar Waxwing 18
Common Yellowthroat 1
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 7

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)