Shorebirds today (Sat 28 Aug 2010) from Towpath Road
(Montezuma NWR, Tyre) included at least these 15 species:
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
(Montezuma NWR, Tyre) included at least these 15 species:
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
The BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS favored weedy areas
one to three strips of land north of where the gulls were resting,
and from as far east as many of the gulls to much further west
than the gulls, in an area also frequented by foraging Canada
Geese. They were at times fairly visible and at other times
hidden by vegetation & the slope of the land strips, but did not
go to the water or edge. They were active, taking a couple of
steps, pecking, a couple more steps, standing up, etc. They
hold themselves more vertically than Baird's or Pectoral. The
head, neck & breast are like a Mourning Dove in color and
shape, but with slightly longer bill. The back is gray and boldly
scaly. They were very distant, requiring a scope, and when I
left they had not been refound since a major shuffling of birds
by a hunting Peregrine Falcon. Thanks to Bob McGuire for
finding the Buff-breasted Sandpipers and to him and Kevin
McGowan for confirming and keeping track of them until
several other observers arrived. Best of luck re-finding them!
Waterfowl in the area included:
Snow Goose - 1
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan - adults & young, Tschache Pool
Tundra Swan - 1, Tschache
Wood Duck - Mays
American Black Duck - Mays
Mallard
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser - Mays
Other birds of interest included:
Pied-billed Grebe - Mays
Double-crested Cormorant - many
Great Blue Heron - many
Great Egret - several
Bald Eagle - several immatures
Northern Harrier
Osprey - 3 at once over Tschache
Common Moorhen - Mays
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Belted Kingfisher - Tschache
Great Crested Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo - singing
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler - Tschache
--Dave Nutter
On Aug 28, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Jay McGowan <[email protected]> wrote:
one to three strips of land north of where the gulls were resting,
and from as far east as many of the gulls to much further west
than the gulls, in an area also frequented by foraging Canada
Geese. They were at times fairly visible and at other times
hidden by vegetation & the slope of the land strips, but did not
go to the water or edge. They were active, taking a couple of
steps, pecking, a couple more steps, standing up, etc. They
hold themselves more vertically than Baird's or Pectoral. The
head, neck & breast are like a Mourning Dove in color and
shape, but with slightly longer bill. The back is gray and boldly
scaly. They were very distant, requiring a scope, and when I
left they had not been refound since a major shuffling of birds
by a hunting Peregrine Falcon. Thanks to Bob McGuire for
finding the Buff-breasted Sandpipers and to him and Kevin
McGowan for confirming and keeping track of them until
several other observers arrived. Best of luck re-finding them!
Waterfowl in the area included:
Snow Goose - 1
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan - adults & young, Tschache Pool
Tundra Swan - 1, Tschache
Wood Duck - Mays
American Black Duck - Mays
Mallard
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser - Mays
Other birds of interest included:
Pied-billed Grebe - Mays
Double-crested Cormorant - many
Great Blue Heron - many
Great Egret - several
Bald Eagle - several immatures
Northern Harrier
Osprey - 3 at once over Tschache
Common Moorhen - Mays
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Belted Kingfisher - Tschache
Great Crested Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo - singing
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler - Tschache
--Dave Nutter
On Aug 28, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Jay McGowan <[email protected]> wrote:
Kevin just called to say that he and several others are watching two BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS in the grassy area in the middle of Knox-Marsellus Marsh at Montezuma.Jay McGowanDryden, NY
