Also, Bob Spahn's team heard a Whip-pool-will early morning on Howland Island.
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Kevin J. McGowan <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob, > > Thanks for posting. Last year a full report never was posted to the list. > Can you tell us who won? > > Kevin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of bob mcguire > Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 8:52 AM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace > > The 2011 Muckrace is now history, and I hope that a full report will > get posted to the List soon. > > Ann Mitchell, Susan Danskin, Linda Orkin, Dave Nutter, Gary > Kohlenberg, and I took part as a recreational team, sponsored by the > Cayuga Bird Club. We found a total of 89 birds. Colleen Richards and > Susan Barr were another team sponsored by the club. > > Some 170-odd birds were found by the collective groups. The winning > team had 120 birds. A Sedge Wren was reported (don't know where it was > found). Long-eared Owl was reported. Apparently no Virginia Rail or > Least Bittern. A Glossy Ibis was reported at Railroad Road, but I have > no information on how it was id'd (and was not a White-faced). > > Overall, the shorebird numbers were extremely low, though a good > variety of them were found. Missing, I think, were Buff-breasted, > Western Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Sanderling. The only decent > shorebird area we found was the Muckrace Flats, a small area right > along Savannah-Spring Lake Road. May's Point Pool still has > significant exposes mud, but not a lot of birds. > > Bob McGuire > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm<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/ > > -- > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm<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/ > > -- > > -- 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/ --
