The "Short-billed Sandpiper" would have been a life bird for me, and perhaps the others. Unfortunately, is was only a Short-billed Dowitcher
Bob On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:41 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > Today (Sunday 24 July) I went around Cayuga Lake with Bob McGuire, > Susan Danskin, Sylvia Mioc and her niece Flavia (sp?), observing 75 > or more species. We found (at least) these shorebirds: > > Semipalmated Plover - 1 on mud at Puddler's > Killdeer - Visitor Center; Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; Puddler's > Spotted Sandpiper - Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; Puddler's > Solitary Sandpiper - Seneca Slough > Greater Yellowlegs - Shorebird Flats; several at Puddler's > Lesser Yellowlegs - few at Visitor Center; Seneca Slough; Shorebird > Flats; many at Puddler's > Semipalmated Sandpiper - a few at Puddler's > Least Sandpiper - many at Puddler's > Baird's Sandpiper - 1 at Puddler's > Pectoral Sandpiper - a few at Puddler's > Dunlin - 1 breeding plumage at Puddler's > Stilt Sandpiper - 7 breeding plumage at Puddler's (life bird for > Sylvia) > Short-billed Sandpiper - 1 at Puddler's > Wilson's Snipe - 1 at Shorebird Flats (nice find, Susan!) > > Bob thought he saw a distant phalarope at Puddler's but was unable > to confirm it and the rest of us missed it. Of course we wonder if > that was the bird that Gary Chapin found later. > > --Dave Nutter > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
