Thanks to Gary Chapin's report of a Red-necked Phalarope at Puddler's
Marsh at the end of Towpath Road we went to check it out this evening from 6
til 8 pm. Most
of the birds were in the most distant eastern portion. Joann found the
hoped for Phalarope; the only thing is that this one was a Juvenile Wilson's
Phalarope. After searching through the 800ish Lesser Yellowlegs, 25 Greater
Yellowlegs, 15 Stilt Sandpipers, 1 Semi-palmated Plover, 30 Killdeer, 30
Pectoral Sandpiper, 20 Semi-palmated Sandpipers, 300ish Least Sandpipers, 10
Spotted Sandpipers, 1 Baird's Sandpiper and 1 Short-billed Dowitcher she
found the molting adult Red-necked Phalarope. Only 2 Black Terns were on
the flats and 8 Immature Bald Eagles harassed the gulls and Caspian Terns.
We heard Sandhill Cranes call form far to the west beyond Knox-Marcellus but
never found them.
Earlier, totaling between the Visitor Center pond and the shorebird
flats along the drive there were 53 Lesser Yellowlegs, 15 Greater
Yellowlegs, 3 Solitary Sandpipers and 2 Snipe (in the taller grass at the
shorebird flats). Caspian Terns dive bombed an adult bald Eagle protecting
the 2 Juveniles at the visitor center. Only a couple Purple martins
remained around the houses there.
Ending at May's Point after sunset 25 Great Egrets had gathered tight
together in the deeper water in the middle of the eastern end of the pool.
Even with much flapping and strutting we could not see and wing tags. Mike
and Joann Tetlow
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