I also saw the Lesser Scaup at Stewart Park later in the morning (10am): http://www.flickr.com/photos/27753519@N03/5992064679/in/photostream
*And* this odd goose: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27753519@N03/5992690740/in/photostream Anyone know what this is? Hybrid? Brett On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Dave Nutter <[email protected]> wrote: > A bunch of Ithacans went to Montezuma NWR this morning (Sat 30 July). Paul > Anderson, Gary Kohlenberg, Bob McGuire, Ann Mitchell, and I were in one > group, and we ran into Jay McGowan and a woman I don't know. We were mainly > interested in shorebirds, and we found the most at the Visitor Center, and > at Puddler's, with a few at the Seneca River slough near the start of the > Wildlife Drive, at the Shorebird Flats later on, and at Muckrace Flats on > Savannah-Spring Lake Rd near Bixby Hill Rd. > > The Visitor Center had: > > Killdeer > Greater Yellowlegs > Lesser Yellowlegs > Solitary Sandpiper > Spotted Sandpiper > Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 > Semipalmated Sandpiper > Least Sandpiper > Wilson's Snipe - 1 > > The peeps included a flock of several score which preened, making ID a bit > challenging, then flew off to an out-of-view location in the marsh to the > west. They did this twice, once when we first arrived, then again when we > checked it out on our way south again. > > Puddler's had the same variety, minus the snipe and plus a couple > Semipalmated Plovers, and several each of Stilt Sandpiper and Short-billed > Dowitcher. There were also a dozen or more of the Pectoral Sandpipers > there. Black Tern numbers are way down, with only a couple at Puddler's. > > As an added treat for those fanatics who read to the end of boring posts > such as this and are interested in birds which are out-of-season but not > out-of-range, we saw a single male Lesser Scaup at Stewart Park in Ithaca at > 6:30am. > > --Dave Nutter > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
