*** >From Genessee Birds... ------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Montezuma area - 9/7* From: ROBERT SPAHN <rsp...@prodigy.net> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 17:06:54 -0700 (PDT)
��� Today, Tuesday, 9/7, Bill Gillette and�I did some "scouting " of areas for the Muckrace and followed up on some of the birds posted over the weekend in the Montezuma area. ��� If anybody who is subscribed to cayugabirds sees this, feel free to pass it along to there (I am not a subscriber). ��� Between 9:10 and 9:30 AM at May's Point Pool, the imm Little Blue Heron was out front of the observation area off to the right and wandering left. In the middle of this time period, the Glossy Ibis (had good looks and high percentage sure of Glossy ID) popped up, circled and landed not far out to the right. After studying it, we turned to talk with others present and on turning back it was gone again. ��� A bit before 10, on stopping at the Montezuma Visitor's Center, we had 2 Peregrine Falcons, seen earlier by Dave Spier, who was still there. ��� On the the Towpath Road viewing sites. Essentially all of the birds seen and posted yesterday were still present. We caught up with most and heard of others seeing the few we did not have. Earlier both the Red Knot and Ruff had been in quite close; farther out but still findable when we were there. Up to 8 Red-necked Phalaropes. Lots of birds of the commoner species. Let's hope the fronts passing in the next couple of days don't take too many out before the weekend!! ��� We were NOT able to find any evidence that the CLOSED TO UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY posting on the dike where most of the shorebirds can be seen most closely�has yet been waived by anyone with the authority to do so. In other parts of the country birders have found themselves excluded from hotspots because some think rules don't apply to them. Towpath Road is a private road. It would be sad to drive up and find access denied to that whole area because of the actions of a few. Bob Spahn -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
