All, We had an awesome day, people were very nice, weather was perfect, habitat excellent and there were good numbers and variety of shorebirds and other birds too. We had great views of BAIRD'S, WHITE-RUMPED, SEMIPALMATED, LEAST, PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS. Also present were both species of yellowlegs, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and of course KILLDEER. Some of us also got on a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER which was among SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS. A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was also spotted by Chris Wood from East Road but we weren't able to relocate it. A PEREGRINE FALCON was really stirring up the shorebirds by this time. The immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was still present. All in all, a great day. Special thanks to Dave Nutter, Bob McGuire, Jay McGowan and Tim Lenz would assisted me in finding birds and helping make sure people got on many of these birds. Ebird list is below. Please email me if you want me to share this ebird list with you. I already have received a couple emails and shared this list.
Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marsellus Marsh, Seneca, New York, US Aug 25, 2018 7:16 AM - 11:01 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: Montezuma NWR Guided Shorebird walk. 28 people in attendance. Partly Sunny, temperatures in the 60s and 70s, nice breeze, low humidity, water levels and habitat excellent for shorebirds. 61 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 35 Estimated. probably many more. Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) 6 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 2 Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) 14 Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) 2 Gadwall (Mareca strepera) 1 American Wigeon (Mareca americana) 2 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 250 Estimated American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 2 Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) 16 Green-winged Teal (American) (Anas crecca carolinensis) 100 Estimated Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 4 Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 6 Sandhill Crane (tabida/rowani) (Antigone canadensis tabida/rowani) 9 Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 5 Adults in worn breeding plumage. Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 45 Estimated Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 40 Estimated Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) 2 adults almost molted to basic plumage. some hints of barring on the belly. Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) 1 Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 150 Estimated. Mostly juveniles White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) 12 adults varying from worn breeding plumage with still fairly "neat" striping on the upper breast to the more slate-gray plumage closer to basic plumage. Most individuals were well into molt. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) 50 Estimated Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 75 Estimated. many juveniles. Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 11 Juveniles. birds showed rich coloration still, with patterning on tertials evident. Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) 1 Bird was similar in size to the SBDOs but had more grayish plumage on the upper breast and sides, and no patterning evident on the tertials. Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 8 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 250 Estimated Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 28 Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) 2 adults. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 13 several juveniles being fed by adults. Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 5 Great Blue Heron (Blue form) (Ardea herodias [herodias Group]) 50 Estimated Great Egret (Ardea alba) 25 Estimated Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1 immature. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) 1 Continuing immature. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1 Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) 2 Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 3 1 adults and 2 immatures. Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) (Buteo jamaicensis borealis) 1 Great Horned Owl (Great Horned) (Bubo virginianus [virginianus Group]) 1 Calling beginning Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) (Dryobates pubescens pubescens/medianus) 1 Peregrine Falcon (North American) (Falco peregrinus anatum) 1 chasing shorebirds. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 3 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 55 Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) 1 Barn Swallow (American) (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) 100 swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.) 750 estimated American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 8 Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 4 House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 1 Flyover, heard distinct call. American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 12 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) (Passerculus sandwichensis [sandwichensis Group]) 1 Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) (Melospiza melodia melodia/atlantica) 2 Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) 100 Estimated. many flyovers. Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) (Agelaius phoeniceus [phoeniceus Group]) 5000 Estimated. most in fields north and west of Puddler's Marsh. Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 2 Yellow Warbler (Northern) (Setophaga petechia [aestiva Group]) 2 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 2 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48060135 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Best, Dave Nicosia -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
