I tried for the Sanderling(s) at Myers today (4 Sept) without success Laurie is away with the car, so I biked there, and I got a late start, arriving about 11am. There were 6 beginnner sailboarders in the swimming cove, but the spit had plenty of Ring-billed Gulls (I later counted 64). However the shorebirds were all on the muddy island in Salmon Creek. I counted a maximum of 5 KILLDEER, 6 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER, and 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. There was also a GREEN HERON hiding along the far shore, near where I did not see the Black-crowned Night-Heron today, even though Melissa Groo (did I get your name right?), who was photographing the shorebirds, said it was around. Myers was very pleasant, especially contrasting with biking up to Todd's Beach House (the high point along East Shore Drive, at the corner of Drake Rd) from either direction. The sandpipers are nice for my Luddite List, but considering how sore by butt is and how tired my legs are, I really was hoping for a new species for me for 2011 in the Cayuga Lake Basin.
--Dave Nutter
On Sep 03, 2011, at 02:09 PM, "J. Gary Kohlenberg" <[email protected]> wrote:
Lots of traffic, about 11am, at Myers had the shorebirds bunched up. The White-rumped Sandpiper was there along with 4 Sanderlings and 2 Least Sandpipers. I counted 14 Killdeer.
Gary
Juvenile SANDERLING on the spit at Myers now. White-rumped still present too.
Jay McGowan
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