It has only been a few years and now we seem to be taking Peregrines for granted. Not criticizing, but you know what I mean. Any day with a Peregrine is a gift!
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 6:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't come up with much on the Wildlife Drive other than Merlin and > Peregrine. There were a decent number of Semi-p Sandpiper at Benning, > renewing hope for a Western. At dusk, Knox-Marsellus had 82 Great Egrets, > one with an orange wing tag, and 325 Great Blue Herons amidst the other > birds people have been reporting. > > I'm also including an eBird checklist from August 27th for K-M which > featured a flyby Whimbrel (it was circling in the K-M airspace for a few > minutes but never seen on the ground). Apologies for forgetting to post. > > Dave W. > [email protected] > > Montezuma NWR Knox-Marsellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY > Sep 6, 2012 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM > Protocol: Stationary > Comments: Hot and humid with a light breeze; hoping for something new but > seemingly the same basic cast of characters; not a careful survey of the > shorebirds but a scan for something new; listened to Sonic Youth while driving > to/from MNWR > 45 species > > Canada Goose 20 > Trumpeter Swan 1 > Wood Duck X > American Wigeon X > American Black Duck X > Mallard X > Blue-winged Teal X > Northern Shoveler X > Green-winged Teal X > Double-crested Cormorant 1 > Great Blue Heron 325 counted twice, +/- 10 birds > Great Egret 82 counted twice, +/-3 birds; one bird had orange wing tag > Osprey 1 > Northern Harrier 1 > Bald Eagle 2 > Sandhill Crane 2 > Black-bellied Plover X > American Golden-Plover 1 > Semipalmated Plover X > Killdeer X > Greater Yellowlegs X > Lesser Yellowlegs X > Semipalmated Sandpiper X > Least Sandpiper X > Pectoral Sandpiper X > Stilt Sandpiper X > Short-billed Dowitcher X > Wilson's Phalarope 1 > Red-necked Phalarope 1 > Ring-billed Gull X > Herring Gull 1 > Great Black-backed Gull 1 > Caspian Tern 3 > American Crow 1 > Northern Rough-winged Swallow X > Purple Martin X > Tree Swallow X > Bank Swallow X > Barn Swallow X > Gray Catbird 1 > Common Yellowthroat 2 > Song Sparrow 2 > Bobolink 1 > Red-winged Blackbird X > American Goldfinch X > > > Montezuma NWR Knox-Marsellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY > Aug 27, 2012 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 0.25 mile(s) > Comments: With Jim Tarolli; light rain; observing from both Towpath Rd in > rain and East Rd (no rain) > 32 species (+1 other taxa) > > Canada Goose 20 > Trumpeter Swan 3 > Wood Duck X > Mallard X > Green-winged Teal X > Ring-necked Duck 1 Possibly an eclipse-plumaged male but I don't remember > Double-crested Cormorant X > Great Blue Heron X > Great Egret X > Black-crowned Night-Heron 4 > Osprey 2 > Northern Harrier 1 > Bald Eagle 1 > Common Gallinule 2 > Sandhill Crane 2 > Black-bellied Plover 3 > Semipalmated Plover X > Killdeer X > Greater Yellowlegs 3 > Lesser Yellowlegs X > Whimbrel 1 Spiraled over K-M marsh for about 5 mins (stayed on it the > entire time in the scope); eventually joined up with ~15 other (smaller but > medium-sized) shorebirds and flew to the south; a long-awaited first Whimbrel > for me at MNWR; possibly put down to the mudflats by rain but I never saw it > on > the ground > Sanderling 1 > Semipalmated Sandpiper X > Least Sandpiper X > White-rumped Sandpiper X > Pectoral Sandpiper X > Stilt Sandpiper X > Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher X > Wilson's Phalarope 1 > Ring-billed Gull X > Herring Gull X > Caspian Tern X > Black Tern 2 > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- 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/ --
