Photos were posted to the Facebook group "Birds of Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge" by Bob and Diane Slater on Monday, November 13, at 6:30pm. A comment says "it flew in front of us around 4:30 pm, in the dead tree near the Eagle tree".
The post URL is https://www.facebook.com/groups/172217523476266/posts/1688992451798758/ but I think it's only visible to members of that group. Suan On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 9:16 PM Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > > Today I learned of - and eventually saw - a regionally rare Snowy Egret along > the Wildlife Drive at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. > > I first learned of it from a text rare bird alert from Mark Miller at 10:25am > that it was “last seen at Seneca Flats,” but I wondered about Mark’s use of > passive voice and the lack of any picture from this avid photographer. As I > prepared to look for the bird there was not yet any eBird report from Mark > either. > > But there was an eBird report from earlier this morning by David Kennedy, who > takes gorgeous photos and seems to either find, re-find, or document most of > the rarities around Montezuma. He included 5 pictures with the comment that > it was “Feeding along east shore of Seneca Flats,” and in this case it was a > re-find because he said it was “seen and photographed by Bob S. yesterday.” > > This appears to be the first documented record of Snowy Egret in the Cayuga > Lake Basin this year, and as I try to maintain First Records records list, > I’m looking for some help. Who is Bob S? Can I find the photo and record of > his sighting? Where did he see it? At this point I’m not trying to verify the > ID, I’m just looking for the standard information and credit that I include > on the list. > > Today, thanks to text rare bird alert messages, several additional people saw > this small, active egret at various places along the Wildlife Drive’s first > straightaway, and the adjacent Seneca River. Generally it progressed north > from Seneca Flats. It’s hard to say where it will be tomorrow, but I hope > that, if it sticks around in publicly accessible places, folks continue to > share its whereabouts so others can see this beautiful bird. > > - - Dave Nutter > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
