I went 2 for 3 on my target species search at Montezuma NWR this afternoon.
The EARED GREBE was right where everyone said it would be – in the first open water area on the left on the Main Pool along Wildlife Drive. There was plenty of waterfowl accompanying the grebe, but a self-imposed time limit did not allow me to give them a complete and thorough search. The species that I did notice were: Canada Goose Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Pied-billed Grebe American Coot I struck out on the Ibis that was seen at Shorebird Flats, but at the first “pond” I found 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and heard a flyover AMERICAN PIPIT. The second “pond” had a GREAT EGRET, 1 GREAT BLUE HERON and 19 DUNLIN. Along East Rd I counted 35 SANDHILL CRANES in a plowed cornfield and found another 16 at Knox-Marsellus Marsh for a total of 51 Cranes. I also found 1 ROSS’S GOOSE at K-M Marsh. At Fair Haven State Park, I checked the rocky shoreline on the bay-side of the break wall, but instead of Purple Sandpipers, I found 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and a limping DUNLIN. Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY [email protected] 315-679-6299 -- 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/ --
