Lots of BC Night Herons out at dusk, but too far and dark to tell if YCNH was with them. I did not see it from Towpath either. 5 RN Phalaropes and 1 Wilson's Phalarope were the shorebird highlights. Good numbers, lots of distant birds I would have liked a better look at.
David Wheeler N Syracuse, NY Montezuma NWR Knox-Marsellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Aug 17, 2012 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) 36 species Canada Goose 6 Trumpeter Swan 3 Wood Duck X Gadwall X American Wigeon X Mallard X Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler X Northern Pintail X Green-winged Teal X Great Blue Heron X hundreds Great Egret X Black-crowned Night-Heron 8 juv. plus one adult; too dark to say whether YCNH was with them Osprey 2 Northern Harrier 2 Bald Eagle 2 Common Gallinule 6 Sandhill Crane 2 Black-bellied Plover 2 incl. a non-breeding bird with Lesser Yellowlegs standing in deep water Semipalmated Plover X Killdeer X Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs X Semipalmated Sandpiper X Least Sandpiper X White-rumped Sandpiper X Baird's Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper X Stilt Sandpiper X Short-billed Dowitcher X distant Wilson's Phalarope 1 Red-necked Phalarope 5 Ring-billed Gull 100 Herring Gull 2 Caspian Tern 25 Eastern Screech-Owl 1 or someone imitating one; from Towpath Rd. -- 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/ --
