I stopped briefly at Montezuma this morning on the way out towards Buffalo. The Visitors Center and Wildlife Drive held nothing unusual, just small numbers of waterfowl that were buzzed at the HQ by a Peregrine. There were only handfuls of Canada Geese present, and no sign of the White-fronted or Snow x Canada hybrid.
May's Point was more interesting. There continues to be a massive amount of Green-winged Teal there, sometimes flushed up by a Bald Eagle for quite a spectacle. I counted 940 Teal, when they were settled down on the pool. At one point while they were flushed, I noticed a flock of about 20 Calidris sp. flying with them, which I refound after landing and confirmed as DUNLIN. A group of 12 DOWITCHERS is still present on the right-hand side of the pool, presumably Long-billed. My full eBird checklist for May's is below. Cheers, Nick Montezuma NWR Mays Point Pool, Seneca, US-NY Oct 12, 2011 9:35 AM - 10:10 AM Protocol: Stationary 18 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 130 Gadwall (Anas strepera) 16 American Wigeon (Anas americana) 17 American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 2 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 10 Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 2 Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 940 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 18 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 5 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 3 Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 2 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 2 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 2 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca/flavipes) 20 Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 20 Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) 12 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 10 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 50 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
