I just got the survey report Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Seneca County from this morning, so I thought I would forward along some of the details. Nothing particularly noteworthy, it looks like shorebirds numbers are perhaps slightly reduced but still substantial at Knox-Marcellus and Puddler's marshes, with yellowlegs predominating. None of the recent rarer shorebirds were reported, but several hundred were left unidentified so the conditions may not have been ideal and those birds (Wilson's Phalaropes, Stilt, Baird's, and White-rumped sandpipers) may still be present. Black Tern numbers have been really impressive at Puddler's lately, with 35 reported today (mostly juveniles when I was there early in the week.) Two adult and one juvenile Sandhill Crane were at Tschache Pool, as well as a smattering of shorebirds including several Semipalmated Sandpipers.
I will check out the flats tomorrow and let people know what is still around in terms of other shorebirds. Good birding, -Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca, NY [email protected] -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
