Apologies for the lateness of my report. Now 8 dowitchers at Puddler's Marsh, several with very long bills possibly outside the overlap zone but distance and poor lighting make it difficult to be sure of species. 125 Purple Martins near the spillway on the Wildlife Dr, while at the Visitor Center a brief visit by a flock of peeps seemed to contain only Least and Semi-p. Muddy scrapes next to the Thruway are starting to attract Killdeer and Lesser Yellowlegs. Didn't have time to check Knox-Marsellus.
Dave W. Oswego County NY Montezuma NWR--Visitor Center, Seneca, US-NY Jul 31, 2011 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Difficult light conditions. 27 species Canada Goose 2 American Black Duck 1 Mallard 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 2 Osprey 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper 2 Solitary Sandpiper 6 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Lesser Yellowlegs 200 estimated Semipalmated Sandpiper 12 Least Sandpiper 60 Flock of Least & Semi-p flew in for 10 mins, then left Pectoral Sandpiper 5 Ring-billed Gull 75 Caspian Tern 8 Black Tern 1 Mourning Dove 1 American Crow 1 Purple Martin 3 American Robin X European Starling X Common Yellowthroat 1 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird X American Goldfinch X Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop, Seneca, US-NY Jul 31, 2011 6:00 PM - 6:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: Difficult light 9 species Great Blue Heron X good number at Benning Marsh Killdeer X at the shorebird spot; also a few in the first muddy scrape along the thruway Greater Yellowlegs 5 Lesser Yellowlegs X Least Sandpiper 3 Purple Martin 125 in a dead tree near the spillway Tree Swallow 2 Bank Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 1 Montezuma NWR--Puddler Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Jul 31, 2011 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Difficult light 28 species (+1 other taxa) Great Blue Heron X Green Heron 1 calling from trees behind Towpath Rd Semipalmated Plover 1 noticed only one Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Solitary Sandpiper 1 noticed only one Greater Yellowlegs 20 estimate; one bird had normally-colored yellow leg plus injured leg that was very red Lesser Yellowlegs 400 estimate Semipalmated Sandpiper X Least Sandpiper X Pectoral Sandpiper 100 estimate Stilt Sandpiper 8 Short-billed Dowitcher 4 Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 4 Now 8 total dowitchers. At least 3 had long bills that might be outside the overlap zone, but the distance too great to see most other features of the birds. Ring-billed Gull X Caspian Tern 8 Black Tern 2 American Crow X Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X Wood Thrush 1 American Robin X Gray Catbird 6 European Starling X Yellow Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat X Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird X American Goldfinch X Montezuma NWR--Mays Point Pool, Seneca, US-NY Jul 31, 2011 8:15 PM - 8:20 PM Protocol: Stationary 3 species Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 35 No wing tags; probably the same birds that have been there Sandhill Crane 2 First time for me this year at Mays -- 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/ --
