Pat Martin and I explored Montezuma today, finding many good things for the day, including the three highlight species reported. Several folks gave us good tips - thank you!
Seneca Trail/Main pool - Tricolored Heron - we missed it early in the day but came back to the Seneca trail around 4:30 where another birder had it and called us over. The heron was in and out of the brush right along the bank next to the trail instead of the opposite side. Great close binoc looks. Also cerulean singing. In the wet area in front of the visitor center was a lone blue morph snow goose (8:00 am) NY90 near Kip Island (@9am) - Ruff & Glossy Ibis. We were with the group that saw it before the Ruff moved across the thruway. Beautiful breeding plumage. Same bird later at Larue's? Armitage - No sign of Prothonotary here yet. Yellow-throated vireo, Red-eyed vireo, Nashville and Redstarts. Van Dyne Spor rd. - American Bittern in plain sight not too far from road. It never moved, other than to move it's head once or twice. Not good hiding on its part, great for us. Carncross - Here we had 4 Eagles - 3 juveniles and one adult. Would they still be a family from last year, or new fledglings? Also at least 50 Lesser Yellowlegs, several Greater YL, 2 Dunlin, many least sandpipers, one Am. Pipit, one N. Pintail. Know-Marcellus was pretty empty of birds (full of water) except for 6 snow geese on the dike between the two pools. Mays Point had two beautiful rust colored Sandhill cranes. Tasche pool had 5 more non-rust colored cranes and 6 Black terns, along with a few ring-necked, gadwall, redhead and ruddy ducks. Kim Hartquist & Pat Martin Rochester, NY -- 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/ --
