It was a great day for birding in Western New York. Among 21 species of warblers seen, our group had a GOLDEN-WINGED and two BAY-BREASTEDS at Wilson-Tuscarora S.P. Also there, was a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, found by Corey Callaghan.
The bird of the day was the one found by Jim Pawlicki at the Batavia Wastewater Treatment Plant - a banded PIPING PLOVER. There were also nine COMMON and two BLACK TERNS there, along with hundreds of swallows, including several CLIFFS. Jim also found a breeding plumaged AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER at Cayuga Pool, Iroquois NWR, which we also caught up with. This species is pretty rare in spring. Also there, were three BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, along with numbers of more common shorebird species. You can check out Jim's nice photo of the Plover on my "2013 Big year" blog (link below). Scroll down the page a little. Good birding! Willie ------------------ Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com <http://www.betsypottersart.com/> 2013 Big Year: http://www.betsypottersart.com/willie-s-photos/2013-big-year Big Year List: http://www.happtech.com/BigYearDanna -- 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/ --
