I couldn't find the Ibis but it could still be there somewhere. I checked Puddler, Knox-Marsellus, Mays Point (twice), Visitor's Center, and Wildlife Drive. All were thorough checks except the Wildlife Dr shorebird spot where I regret not getting the scope out and scanning the edges more carefully. Mays has a lot of vegetation that could obscure an Ibis so that's the spot I would keep checking.
All the stops above had shorebirds. I didn't see any Semi-P Plover and the peep numbers were down I thought. I suppose the highlight for me was a Bonaparte's Gull flycatching its way along the Seneca River where it parallels the Wildlife Dr. There were also Ring-bills seen flycatching from the Visitor's Center. 24 Great Egrets at Mays (no wing tags). Tschache had no birds that I could see from the tower. Dave Wheeler Oswego, NY Montezuma NWR--Visitor Center, Seneca, US-NY Jul 23, 2011 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Protocol: Stationary 18 species Canada Goose X Mallard 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Killdeer 10 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 15 Least Sandpiper 3 Ring-billed Gull 30 Caspian Tern 5 Purple Martin 2 House Wren 1 Marsh Wren 1 American Robin 1 Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 6 American Goldfinch 2 Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop, Seneca, US-NY Jul 23, 2011 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Shorebird area 9 species Canada Goose X Great Blue Heron X Killdeer 75 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 15 Lesser Yellowlegs 15 Least Sandpiper 2 Bonaparte's Gull 1 First-summer bird flycatching its way along the Seneca River where it parallels the Wildlife Dr Montezuma NWR--Puddler Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Jul 23, 2011 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) 22 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck X Mallard X Green-winged Teal X Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 1 No wing tag seen Sandhill Crane 2 Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Solitary Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 40 Lesser Yellowlegs 500 estimated by tens Semipalmated Sandpiper X Least Sandpiper X Numbers of peeps down Pectoral Sandpiper 20 Dunlin 1 Stilt Sandpiper 8 Short-billed Dowitcher 3 Ring-billed Gull 15 Caspian Tern 6 Black Tern X Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marcellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Jul 23, 2011 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM Protocol: Stationary 9 species Canada Goose X Great Blue Heron X Bald Eagle 4 Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Lesser Yellowlegs X Least Sandpiper X Pectoral Sandpiper X Ring-billed Gull 5 Montezuma NWR--Mays Point Pool, Seneca, US-NY Jul 23, 2011 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM and 8:30 - 9:00 PM Protocol: Stationary 12 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck X American Wigeon 4 American Black Duck 1 Mallard 1 Hooded Merganser 1 Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 24 No wing tags noted Osprey 1 Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Lesser Yellowlegs X -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
