Location: Montezuma Audubon Center (Rt. 89N, Savannah, NY) Observation date: 4/13/11 Notes: low overcast, variable mist/drizzle/rain, ESE wind; walked to the viewing platform and back (~0.2 mile one way), 12:50-1:40 pm; seen earlier in the day: 3 Trumpeters, 1 Black Duck, pair Green-wings, 1 F Com. Merg., Blue Jay, pair of bluebirds, cowbird, & goldfinch Number of species: 29
Canada Goose 7 Wood Duck 4 at least 4 (1F/3M), sometimes flying around; maybe 6 Gadwall 1 male (2 pairs earlier) American Wigeon 20 approximate count; 70 earlier in the morning Mallard 4 = 2 pairs Ring-necked Duck 4 = 1F/3M Hooded Merganser 2 = a pair Horned Grebe 6 = 3 pairs; 1 of each pair had the yellow patch behind the eye but still had white on the breast, while the other was in early transitional molt and more like nonbreeding plumage Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sandhill Crane 4 west end of center dike between ponds Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 walnut grove Downy Woodpecker 1 walnut grove; possibly 2 Northern Flicker 1 heard, not seen Pileated Woodpecker 1 heard first American Crow 2 Purple Martin 1 earlier, there were 1F/2M at the martin house Tree Swallow 9 flying over north pond + claiming nest boxes Black-capped Chickadee 1 walnut grove White-breasted Nuthatch 1 heard in the walnut grove, not seen Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 close, in the walnut grove shrub layer; also singing American Robin 2 Song Sparrow 3 2 at the viewing platform; no sign of Tree Sparrow seen in the morning Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 20 marsh and feeders Common Grackle 6 House Sparrow 2 martin house This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Dave Spier & Frank Morehouse http://ny.audubon.org/CentersEdu_Montezuma.html -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/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/ --
