Today Bob McGuire, Judy Thoroughman, Deirdra Anderson, and I birded at Montezuma. Great to see you, Deirdra!
At the Visitor's Center on the wildlife drive we saw the same birds that Anne Marie posted, except we saw 2 SNIPE. At Bennings we saw 3 or so PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. At Marten's Tract the main species was BLUE-WINGED TEAL and at Railroad Road the main species was Wood Duck (too many to count). There were also a couple BLACK DUCKS. There were some PECTORAL SANDPIPERS there also. On East Road around 5:30, other then what Anne Marie posted, we saw 6 SANDHILL CRANES. On different mud flats we saw a PEREGRINE FALCON eating something, an OSPREY, and 2 juvenile BALD EAGLES. The different shorebirds were 3 RED-NECKED and 1 WILSON"S PHALAROPE, 2 BLACK-BELLIED and 1 GOLDEN PLOVER, 6 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, and 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER. (There was no heat shimmer at that time of day which helped). If I missed anything, hopefully Bob or Judy will pipe up. On another note, the rather newly created shore bird flats on the wildlife drive is looking pretty good for shorebirds. LaRues and Bennings had quite a bit of water, but was best at Bennings. The Muckrace Flats in Savannah was dry with no shorebirds, and the one pond at the Audubon Center which was looking drained is now filled with water. Things may be totally different by next weekend. You never know. Good Birding, Ann -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
