Hello Song Lake Residents,
The Song Lake Watershed Committee would like to invite you to participate in this blog.
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We look forward to your posts!
The Song Lake Watershed Committee,
Tarki, Marjie, Tony and Gloria
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Photo from Heath shoreline; 2008
This bird is an angler, using smaller fish to lure in the larger ones.
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Green Heron with hackles up
Photo from Heath shoreline; 2008
Green Heron with fish
This bird is an angler, using smaller fish to lure in the larger ones.
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- Song Lake is one of a group of unique kettle lakes, just east of the Finger Lakes, in Northern Cortland and Southern Onondaga Counties, in New York State. The kettle lakes were formed during the same glacial period as the Finger Lakes, and according to the USGS, by the same glacial processes that also formed the Valley Heads Moraine, which is the drainage divide between the St. Lawence River Basin to the north and Susquenanna River Basin, to the south. Song has no outlet or inlet, but is fed by precipitation, surface water runoff and groundwater.
Late Spring Notes from Tarki:
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We did not see as many water migratory birds as in the past. No grebes, only two loons (but they stayed for quite awhile) and fewer geese. From our dock we only saw one family of ducklings and no goslings. The great blue continue to fly over every morning, but no green heron yet. Lots of songbirds including an oriole. Earlier in the spring we had a mature eagle visit our front porch, but have only seen the immature eagle since then. Lots of hummingbirds, downy woodpeckers, goldfinch and nuthatch around the feeders.
Fish:
There were two long strands of yellow perch eggs that seemed to have hatched well! The only other fish sightings were several dead pan fish around the second week of June. The carp, of course, are easily seen along the shoreline.
Plants:
Lots of cardinal flowers this year. Joe has had to work hard to weed out the maple seedlings. There are still plenty of yellow iris, but only one blue flag. No noticeable weeds yet.
Insects:
We had fewer army-tent caterpillars, but still too many for comfort. The lower swath of trees along Song Mountain look eaten up from our view.
I hope this entry will inspire others to add comments and look forward to reading them.