Bob McGuire & I headed to Montezuma late this morning through mid-afternoon in the vain hope of seeing a Greater White-fronted Goose. High wind and rain showers made birding challenging, but we did see plenty of birds, including very large numbers of dabbling ducks, especially American Wigeon on the Main Pool, and Northern Pintail on Knox-Marsellus, and a good variety of shorebirds at May's Point Pool and especially Puddler's, although we did not see the American Avocet, which was present at Puddler's as recently as Thursday evening. Here's what I recall offhand:
Visitor Center:
CANADA GOOSE - all flew off as we were about to set up scopes, but we'd already scanned with binoculars
WOOD DUCK
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
MALLARDS GREEN-WINGED TEAL
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
NORTHERN SHOVELER NORTHERN PINTAIL
AMERICAN WIGEON
GREAT BLUE HERON
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
RING-BILLED GULLS
Larue's:
CANADA GEESE
more dabbling ducks and gulls, plus
GADWALL
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 6
Main Pool:
AMERICAN WIGEON - many hundreds far from road
NORTHERN PINTAIL
NORTHERN SHOVELER
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
RING-NECKED DUCK - 1 pair
RUDDY DUCK - 1 maile
PIED-BILLED GREBE
BALD EAGLE - 1 distant flying, putting up hundreds of ducks
AMERICAN COOT
Benning's:
CANADA GOOSE
GADWALL
GREAT BLUE HERON
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 7
May's Point Pool:
GREAT BLUE HERON
GREAT EGRET - 6
GREEN-WINGED TEAL - scads
DUNLIN - at least 1
DOWITCHER, sp - at least 6, high winds & rain hampered specific ID, but calendar favors Long-billed
YELLOWLEGS, sp - scads resting among teal
Knox-Marsellus:
SNOW GEESE
CANADA GEESE
NORTHERN HARRIER
BALD EAGLE - 1 immature flyover, 1 adult perched distant
NORTHERN PINTAIL - LOTS
TREE SWALLOW - a few
Puddler's:
TRUMPETER SWANS - 2
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
RING-BILLED GULL
HERRING GULL
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
SANDHILL CRANE - 5
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 4
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - 6
GREATER YELLOWLEGS - several
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - large distant flock
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - several
DUNLIN - 2
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - majority of peeps
LEAST SANDPIPER - few
TENNESSEE WARBLER - 1
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER - 1
--Dave Nutter
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