It was brought to my attention that some people were having difficulty following the links to my photos. Here is a link to the whole album (many more from this fall to come). The geese, phalarope, and sparrows are near the bottom.
https://picasaweb.google.com/111137855303614931880/Fall2011 -Jay On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Jay McGowan <[email protected]> wrote: > I spent most of the day today at Montezuma. Kevin and I got there around > 7:00. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was with the Canadas at the Visitor > Center pool, as well as an apparent SNOW GOOSE x CANADA GOOSE HYBRID (white > head and underparts, brown Canada-like back and dark on flanks), but these > birds had disappeared an hour later. The RED PHALAROPE was foraging where > others have described. Other birds in the area included a PEREGRINE FALCON > and a flyby MERLIN. At Puddlers Marsh from Towpath Road, the AMERICAN > AVOCET was foraging in the deep water in the distance. We also heard > several AMERICAN PIPITS and a late flyover BOBOLINK. Migrants along the road > included many Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Indigo Bunting, > a BLUE-HEADED VIREO, and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW. > > In the afternoon I returned with Nick Sly, Hope Batcheller, and Graham > Montgomery. The phalarope was still in the same area, as was the avocet. At > Mays Point we saw 3 basic-plumage LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, the first I have > seen in a couple weeks, as well as two SANDHILL CRANES. After we finished at > the main complex, we headed up to Savannah. Van Dyne Spoor was quiet and > Carncross was still mostly unplowed corn. Martens Tract, with a walk through > the field between the two dikes producing two fairly cooperative NELSON'S > SPARROWS. A flock of about 15 Rusty Blackbirds and a bigger flock of several > hundred Tree Swallows was also present. On our way back near dusk we saw two > SANDHILL CRANES fly across Rt. 89 just a bit east of the north end of East > Road to join a second pair of cranes a field on the north side of the road. > > A couple of photos from today: > Red Phalarope: > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/phEO4_fxL0C4QtK3Mop8bA?feat=directlink > > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ugALDp-zhzuANisycJWrBQ?feat=directlink > > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fBsbOpoOzpbc_9tL-hNOoA?feat=directlink > > Greater White-fronted Goose and possible hybrid: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wczLNv4CFV9qZtmcRO1K7Q?feat=directlink > > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jQ-DmG-LFRFISGMUGk_wQA?feat=directlink > > Nelson's Sparrow (Martens Tract): > > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PCKC2tJr5Y7ewa4Y9wgyzg?feat=directlink > > Nelson's Sparrow (Hog Hole, yesterday) > > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5EBKiBiazIPiNNFNFvypjg?feat=directlink > > -- > Jay McGowan > Macaulay Library > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > [email protected] > > -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected] -- 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/ --
