Also 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Larue's Saturday mid-day.
There were also many other distant dabblers at Knox-Marsellus and some at Puddler's.
--Dave Nutter
On Oct 15, 2011, at 10:14 PM, Dave Nutter <[email protected]> wrote:
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 binocularsWOOD DUCKAMERICAN BLACK DUCKMALLARDS
GREEN-WINGED TEALBLUE-WINGED TEALNORTHERN SHOVELER
NORTHERN PINTAILAMERICAN WIGEONGREAT BLUE HERONGREATER YELLOWLEGSLESSER YELLOWLEGSRING-BILLED GULLSLarue's:CANADA GEESEmore dabbling ducks and gulls, plusGADWALLBLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 6Main Pool:AMERICAN WIGEON - many hundreds far from roadNORTHERN PINTAILNORTHERN SHOVELERAMERICAN BLACK DUCKRING-NECKED DUCK - 1 pairRUDDY DUCK - 1 mailePIED-BILLED GREBEBALD EAGLE - 1 distant flying, putting up hundreds of ducksAMERICAN COOTBenning's:CANADA GOOSEGADWALLGREAT BLUE HERONLESSER YELLOWLEGS - 7May's Point Pool:GREAT BLUE HERONGREAT EGRET - 6GREEN-WINGED TEAL - scadsDUNLIN - at least 1DOWITCHER, sp - at least 6, high winds & rain hampered specific ID, but calendar favors Long-billedYELLOWLEGS, sp - scads resting among tealKnox-Marsellus:SNOW GEESECANADA GEESENORTHERN HARRIERBALD EAGLE - 1 immature flyover, 1 adult perched distantNORTHERN PINTAIL - LOTSTREE SWALLOW - a fewPuddler's:TRUMPETER SWANS - 2DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTRING-BILLED GULLHERRING GULLGREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLSANDHILL CRANE - 5BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 4SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - 6GREATER YELLOWLEGS - severalLESSER YELLOWLEGS - large distant flockWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - severalDUNLIN - 2SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - majority of peepsLEAST SANDPIPER - fewTENNESSEE WARBLER - 1YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER - 1--Dave Nutter--Cayugabirds-L List Info:Archives:Please submit your observations to eBird!--
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