[cayugabirds-l] Freese Road and Sapsucker Woods, Fri 9/23
I had a couple of high-quality encounters with LINCOLN'S SPARROWS in the Freese Road gardens on Friday morning. In the tidiest of the southernmost plots, just where I saw one Lincoln's Sparrow the other day, I watched two simultaneously on adjacent posts this morning. It was the first of my many Lincoln's Sparrow quests ever rewarded with a sighting of two at once. One of these sparrows issued flight calls at least four times while perched. Another highly similar call came from further south, as if responding. Later, along the line of trees at the lip of the ravine, I had another lucky sighting of Lincoln's Sparrow. This one perched twenty feet away for several minutes, stretching occasionally but mostly just relaxing and looking blank. Then it flew into the deep grasses south of the gardens, where it seemed to stay perfectly still again, creating no movement in the vegetation. Otherwise, the variety of birds was about what one would expect - many Song Sparrows, several Field Sparrows, a few Savannah Sparrows, one Swamp Sparrow, several Indigo Buntings, and one western PALM WARBLER preening itself for a long time in the same plot as the Lincoln's Sparrows. Jay McGowan told me that he also saw a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW and a CHIPPING SPARROW; both are firsts of the season here for either of us. Then I paid a brief visit to the Dryden side of Sapsucker Woods. Despite last night's big wave of thrushes, I found only an honorary Catharus (an OVENBIRD) but no real ones south of the gated trailhead. I also found a two very bright BLACKPOLL WARBLERS under the power lines and a rather late BROAD-WINGED HAWK circling over the woods. Mark Chao -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma report 23Sep2011
From Larue's and Jackie's survey this morning: Pudler Marsh: Continuing AMERICAN AVOCET, 4 Black-bellied Plovers, a handful of other common shorebirds. Knox-Marsellus: 7 Snow Geese Mays Point: Lots of shorebirds, including Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer, both yellowlegs, Least and Semipalmated sandpipers, White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, and Wilson's Snipe. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Avocet +, Sodus Point RuddyTturnstones+
This afternoon Joann and I did a Sodus Point, Montezuma loop. At Sodus Point only a few Caspian Terns remain on the pier although 500+ DC Cormorants lined the east breakwall. The beach was empty but the small area of rocks on the south side of the breakwall had 3 Ruddy Turnstones, 1 Black-bellied Plover, 5 Sanderlings, 1 Semi Plover, 1 Semi Sandpiper, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Common Merganser and 2 American Pipits. Knox-Marcellus Marsh is higher than last weekend with 2 Black-bellied Plovers up to their chests taking baths. 2 Sandhill Cranes were out in the smartweed. Most of last week's Green-winged Teal seemed to be at May's Point. As noted previously the Am. Avocet was at Puddler's marsh. HOWEVER, without dike access it was nearly impossible to see. It was in the far NW cove of Puddler's near the breakwall and on the south mud edge only visible from the last opening before the turnaround on Towpath Road. 8 Black-bellied Plovers flew in and landed nearby and we never saw them again. The most interesting bird there was among the 7 Snow Geese and was an apparent intergrade adult White and Blue Morph. The plumage was similar to an adult Blue Ross' Goose but more extensive white in the body and darker in the wings. A plumage I have never seen. Very few birds at Larue's lagoon and the water is high again at Benning Marsh so no shorebirds there. A Peregrine was in a dead tree at North Spring Pool. May's Point pool had the largest number of shorebirds, mostly Pectoral and Least sandpipers with the highlight being 1 Stilt Sandpiper. Mike Tetlow -- 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/ --
