Dave Nutter posted this to eBird and sent me a copy to verify. I had gone to bed and did not get at look at it until this morning. Everything looks fine to me, so here is his (our) report from Carncross Road yesterday.
> Location: N. Montezuma WMA--Carncross Rd. > Observation date: 4/21/11 > Notes: Strong west wind, mostly cloudy, temp in 40s F. Bob McGuire & > I mainly watched shorebirds, and concentrated on the American Golden- > Plover. > Number of species: 13 > > Canada Goose X several on dike to north > Trumpeter Swan 9 far to south in flooded cornfield > Northern Pintail 4 fairly close in flooded cornfield > Wild Turkey 1 gobbling heard from west > Bald Eagle 2. 1 in tree far to south, 1 flying over as we left > American Golden-Plover 1 non-breeding w/ few black feathers on > flanks. Yellow spangles on back; brown crown contrasts strongly with > white forehead & brow & behind & below darkish cheek; plain light > gray below wings & sides (no black wingpits) when lifted wings; top > of tail, rump, wings & back all same speckled brown/gold when > standing facing away; body larger than Killdeer, about size of > Greater Yellowlegs, far larger than Dunlin, each side-by-side; belly > lighter than breast; whitish under tail; wings extend beyond tail; > bill longer & thinner than Sibley shows European Golden-Plover; > walking preening & feeding ~100m away > Killdeer 1 on strip of mud in flooded cornfield > Greater Yellowlegs 100 feeding throughout much of flooded cornfield > Lesser Yellowlegs 1 markedly smaller size and shorter bill; feeding > with Greater Yellowlegs > Dunlin 3 on strip of mud in flooded cornfield; mostly non-breeding > plumage but getting brownish above and some darker belly on 1 > Ring-billed Gull X resting in distance on flooded cornfield > Caspian Tern X resting in distance on flooded cornfield > American Crow 1 almost harassed flying immature Bald Eagle > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Bob McGuire -- 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/ --
