Wnybirds text alert came through at about 415 pm with a cattle egret only a few
miles from home, so I loaded up my girls to head 10 minutes down the road for a
new county bird for me.
We found the bird at the reported location feeding in a pasture with two horses
at the SE corner of Linwood
This morning the newly planted field at the NE corner of Nations and South Avon
Roads was covered in shorebirds. It was about an equal mix of Killdeer (100+)
and American Golden Plover (111) with a single snipe in for good measure. The
plover were in a mix of plumages from nearly full
The tufted duck was still present at midday today obout 0.1 mile south of Camp
Stella Maris on the east side of Conesus Lake in a diverse mixed flock raft,
which included mallard, redhead, canvasback, ringneck duck, bufflehead,
goldeneye, red-breasted merganser, horned grebe, pied-billed grebe
Around 1230 today I found an adult male tufted duck feeding with the mixed
flock of redheads, scaup and ringnecks close to shore on the east side of
Conesus Lake just south of Stella Maris. Nice head plume and solid black back
make him easy to pick out when he surfaces.
Eurasian wigeon still
The gray kingbird was still present as of 1220pm today. It was in the cattails
and trees at the east end of the dike of the main impoundment, best viewed from
about 100m west of the spillway area. It was often perching in cattails
between foraging flights low over the water, but also
The drought has created low water levels in the WMA impoundments. The Howland
Island impoundment that was reported to have so many shorebirds a week or so
ago is now dry enough that there were no shorebirds there yesterday, but there
were 14 sandhill cranes.
I did find a mass of shorebirds
Yesterday afternoon I found a group of 4 red-necked phalaropes feeding together
in the northeastern corner of the large impoundment at the Morgan Rd. DEC
office at Northern Montezuma WMA. Pictures can be viewed in the ebird
checklist posted below. Also notable was a group a 4 ravens that flew
Assuming the bird I saw this morning is the same one that I saw in flight on
Wednesday, the possible Black-bellied Whistling Duck I reported, is actually a
Ruddy Shelduck. I got good looks and decent photos of it swimming on pond
early this morning.
Checklist below.
Twin Cedars Environmental
I just had a bird fly out of the roosting geese at the pond here at the Avon
DEC office that my first impression was that it was a weird goose with a
chestnut colored body with black toward the rear, pink bill, and black wings
with a prominent white stripe down the greater and lesser coverts on
There is currently an adult white pelican along with 3 Tundra swans and a
couple thousand geese on the pond at the Avon DEC office.
Michael R. Wasilco
Regional Wildlife Manager, Division of Fish and Wildlife
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
6274 E. Avon-Lima Rd., Avon, NY
If it is any consolation, based on the spilled contents of that egg, the egg
was infertile and never going to hatch. If the egg was due to hatch that day
or anytime soon, it should have been mostly filled with a developed embryo with
little to no yolk left to spill.
Michael R. Wasilco
That bird appears to have a rather full crop from feeding and is likely just
resting after eating its fill.
Michael R. Wasilco
Regional Wildlife Manager, Division of Fish and Wildlife
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
6274 E. Avon-Lima Rd., Avon, NY 14414
P: (585)226-5460
There is currently an adult white pelican along with 3 Tundra swans and a
couple thousand geese on the pond at the Avon DEC office.
Michael R. Wasilco
Regional Wildlife Manager, Division of Fish and Wildlife
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
6274 E. Avon-Lima Rd., Avon, NY
The gray kingbird was still present as of 1220pm today. It was in the cattails
and trees at the east end of the dike of the main impoundment, best viewed from
about 100m west of the spillway area. It was often perching in cattails
between foraging flights low over the water, but also
The drought has created low water levels in the WMA impoundments. The Howland
Island impoundment that was reported to have so many shorebirds a week or so
ago is now dry enough that there were no shorebirds there yesterday, but there
were 14 sandhill cranes.
I did find a mass of shorebirds
Yesterday afternoon I found a group of 4 red-necked phalaropes feeding together
in the northeastern corner of the large impoundment at the Morgan Rd. DEC
office at Northern Montezuma WMA. Pictures can be viewed in the ebird
checklist posted below. Also notable was a group a 4 ravens that flew
Chipmunks and red squirrels and even deer have been known to take advantage of
bird nests, eggs and even adult birds when the opportunity presents itself.
They can be a problem when mist-netting.
Michael R. Wasilco
Regional Wildlife Manager, Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources
New
I just had a bird fly out of the roosting geese at the pond here at the Avon
DEC office that my first impression was that it was a weird goose with a
chestnut colored body with black toward the rear, pink bill, and black wings
with a prominent white stripe down the greater and lesser coverts on
Assuming the bird I saw this morning is the same one that I saw in flight on
Wednesday, the possible Black-bellied Whistling Duck I reported, is actually a
Ruddy Shelduck. I got good looks and decent photos of it swimming on pond
early this morning.
Checklist below.
Twin Cedars Environmental
I had a good diversity of warblers this morning at Conesus Inlet WMA along the
trail to the boardwalks on the NW portion of the main impoundment. Highlights
were first Blackpolls of the year as well as both Canada and Mourning warblers.
See the checklists pasted below.
Michael R. Wasilco
Both birds were showing well around lunchtime today. The Spoonbill was perched
out in open on a branch over the Seneca River about 200m west of the Rte 89
bridge on north side of river with some cormorants. The wood stork was
actively feeding with some egrets in a pool along the near side of
There is currently a juvenile Ross's goose sitting next to two cackling goose
on the pond here at the Avon DEC office among the 1,400 or so Canada geese.
Michael R. Wasilco
Regional Wildlife Manager, Division of Fish and Wildlife
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
6274 E.
I was surprised by an apparent yellow-headed blackbird in a flock of cowbirds
in my neighbors tree on Saturday morning. Unfortunately I only viewed the bird
for a few moments and the entire flock disappeared when I ducked into the
vehicle to grab my camera. I have no idea if this flock is
As of noon today, the cinnamon teal had not been refound, but could easily
still be present in the huge amount of flooded cornfield habitat at the site.
There were numerous ducks appearing and disappearing into the flooded stalks.
A Eurasian Green-wing Teal was found (not seen by myself) this
I don't think I saw it reported on the statewide listserve yet that the male
cinnamon teal first found last week is still present and has been a bit more
cooperative since its rediscovery in the same location on Sunday. The water
levels in the fields along Groveland Flats Road (Rte 258)
The Laughing gull found yesterday and first reported by Tim Lenz continues
today. At 1130 this morning it was located on the lawn area in the middle of
the park with a group of ring-billed gulls. Some photos I captured this
morning are in my ebird checklist
I haven't seen these come across the list serves yet so I am sharing reports
from the local text alert.
Worm-eating warbler still present as of this morning at Firehouse Woods, near
Braddock Bay WMA, Monroe County.
Two ibis in flight from Braddock Bay Hawk Watch area last seen headed toward
I just got a report of a sedge wren encountered near the Iroquois NWR
headquarters building. Reported as 200 feet NE of building near fork in trail.
Michael R. Wasilco
Regional Wildlife Manager, Division of Fish and Wildlife
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
6274 E.
This morning the newly planted field at the NE corner of Nations and South Avon
Roads was covered in shorebirds. It was about an equal mix of Killdeer (100+)
and American Golden Plover (111) with a single snipe in for good measure. The
plover were in a mix of plumages from nearly full
Wnybirds text alert came through at about 415 pm with a cattle egret only a few
miles from home, so I loaded up my girls to head 10 minutes down the road for a
new county bird for me.
We found the bird at the reported location feeding in a pasture with two horses
at the SE corner of Linwood
Around 1230 today I found an adult male tufted duck feeding with the mixed
flock of redheads, scaup and ringnecks close to shore on the east side of
Conesus Lake just south of Stella Maris. Nice head plume and solid black back
make him easy to pick out when he surfaces.
Eurasian wigeon still
The tufted duck was still present at midday today obout 0.1 mile south of Camp
Stella Maris on the east side of Conesus Lake in a diverse mixed flock raft,
which included mallard, redhead, canvasback, ringneck duck, bufflehead,
goldeneye, red-breasted merganser, horned grebe, pied-billed grebe
If it is any consolation, based on the spilled contents of that egg, the egg
was infertile and never going to hatch. If the egg was due to hatch that day
or anytime soon, it should have been mostly filled with a developed embryo with
little to no yolk left to spill.
Michael R. Wasilco
That bird appears to have a rather full crop from feeding and is likely just
resting after eating its fill.
Michael R. Wasilco
Regional Wildlife Manager, Division of Fish and Wildlife
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
6274 E. Avon-Lima Rd., Avon, NY 14414
P: (585)226-5460
I had a good diversity of warblers this morning at Conesus Inlet WMA along the
trail to the boardwalks on the NW portion of the main impoundment. Highlights
were first Blackpolls of the year as well as both Canada and Mourning warblers.
See the checklists pasted below.
Michael R. Wasilco
Both birds were showing well around lunchtime today. The Spoonbill was perched
out in open on a branch over the Seneca River about 200m west of the Rte 89
bridge on north side of river with some cormorants. The wood stork was
actively feeding with some egrets in a pool along the near side of
There is currently a juvenile Ross's goose sitting next to two cackling goose
on the pond here at the Avon DEC office among the 1,400 or so Canada geese.
Michael R. Wasilco
Regional Wildlife Manager, Division of Fish and Wildlife
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
6274 E.
I was surprised by an apparent yellow-headed blackbird in a flock of cowbirds
in my neighbors tree on Saturday morning. Unfortunately I only viewed the bird
for a few moments and the entire flock disappeared when I ducked into the
vehicle to grab my camera. I have no idea if this flock is
As of noon today, the cinnamon teal had not been refound, but could easily
still be present in the huge amount of flooded cornfield habitat at the site.
There were numerous ducks appearing and disappearing into the flooded stalks.
A Eurasian Green-wing Teal was found (not seen by myself) this
I don't think I saw it reported on the statewide listserve yet that the male
cinnamon teal first found last week is still present and has been a bit more
cooperative since its rediscovery in the same location on Sunday. The water
levels in the fields along Groveland Flats Road (Rte 258)
The Laughing gull found yesterday and first reported by Tim Lenz continues
today. At 1130 this morning it was located on the lawn area in the middle of
the park with a group of ring-billed gulls. Some photos I captured this
morning are in my ebird checklist
I haven't seen these come across the list serves yet so I am sharing reports
from the local text alert.
Worm-eating warbler still present as of this morning at Firehouse Woods, near
Braddock Bay WMA, Monroe County.
Two ibis in flight from Braddock Bay Hawk Watch area last seen headed toward
I just got a report of a sedge wren encountered near the Iroquois NWR
headquarters building. Reported as 200 feet NE of building near fork in trail.
Michael R. Wasilco
Regional Wildlife Manager, Division of Fish and Wildlife
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
6274 E.
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