Just a quick stop between work and school. The exposed mud at Tifft has been great for shorebirds - lots of peeps the past few weeks and some other interesting birds showing up [should anything interesting show up at Tifft, feel free to call or shoot me a text at (716) 239-1508].
As a side note, has anyone thought of using Twitter to get out local bird reports? I don't use it, but I think it would be a great way to get sightings out to a lot of people quickly. Joe Fell Buffalo, NY Tifft Nature Preserve, Erie, US-NY Aug 30, 2012 3:55 PM - 5:05 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.25 mile(s) Comments: 78 F mostly sunny. 28 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 1 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 1 Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 2 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 3 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 4 Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 1 Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 16 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 3 Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 1 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) X Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) X Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 1 Sal Salembier was heading in just as I was heading out. This bird was seen on the exposed mud along Berm Pond near the corner of the Service Rd and Old Tifft St. A Merlin flushed this and other shorebirds - hopefully it will be around for a bit. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 2 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 2 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2 Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1 Seen over Berm Pond. Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 2 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 8 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 4 Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 3 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 3 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 9 -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
