[cayugabirds-l] Meena's Presentation

[Suan Hsi Yong]

A recording of Meena's presentation at Monday's Cayuga Bird Club
meeting about desert birds in Rajasthan and Ladakh in India is now
available at:

  https://youtu.be/axM99jFngWQ

Suan

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[cayugabirds-l] Chemung Valley Audubon Meeting and Program Nov. 16

[Anita Seaberg]

Chemung Valley Audubon Society Meeting and Program

November 16, 2023

7:00 p.m. Bird Identification Workshop

7:30 p.m. Meeting and Program


"Braddock Bay Bird Observatory"

Presented by Andrea Patterson, BBBO Station Director


In-person: meet at Appleridge, 168 Miller St., Horseheads.

By Zoom: email windingwayho...@aol.com to 
request a Zoom invitation.


Andrea Patterson, Station Director at the Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, is the 
featured speaker for the November 16 meeting of the Chemung Valley Audubon 
Society. BBBO is located in Hilton, NY, on the south shore of Lake Ontario. 
Founded in 1994, the station's focus includes primary ornithological research, 
bird bander education and public engagement with wild birds. Volunteers at 
BBBO's avian research facility band thousands of birds each spring and fall in 
an effort to better understand their migratory behavior and ecology.


Please join us this Thursday, in person or by Zoom. Appleridge is wheelchair 
accessible. Find more events at cvaudubon.org and on Facebook.


Nita Seaberg

Elmira

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[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR Snowy Egret - RFI

[Dave Nutter]

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
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