Right. It was a "SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER". Perhaps I was subconsciously rebelling against one of the stupidest of all bird names, any difference in the absurdly long of dowitcher bills being hard to discern and harder to use as a field mark. (Is there any more ironic correct bird name than that? I'm accepting nominations.)
Also of note on our trip, Bob found us at least one, possibly two, adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER(S) between Poplar Ridge Road and Paine's Creek on both sides of NYS 90 in the Village of Aurora, Town of Ledyard.
On Jul 24, 2011, at 03:51 PM, bob mcguire <[email protected]> wrote:
The "Short-billed Sandpiper" would have been a life bird for me, and perhaps the others. Unfortunately, is was only a Short-billed DowitcherBobOn Jul 24, 2011, at 6:41 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:Today (Sunday 24 July) I went around Cayuga Lake with Bob McGuire, Susan Danskin, Sylvia Mioc and her niece Flavia (sp?), observing 75 or more species. We found (at least) these shorebirds:Semipalmated Plover - 1 on mud at Puddler's
Killdeer - Visitor Center; Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; Puddler's
Spotted Sandpiper - Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; Puddler's
Solitary Sandpiper - Seneca Slough
Greater Yellowlegs - Shorebird Flats; several at Puddler's
Lesser Yellowlegs - few at Visitor Center; Seneca Slough; Shorebird Flats; many at Puddler's
Semipalmated Sandpiper - a few at Puddler's
Least Sandpiper - many at Puddler's
Baird's Sandpiper - 1 at Puddler's
Pectoral Sandpiper - a few at Puddler's
Dunlin - 1 breeding plumage at Puddler's
Stilt Sandpiper - 7 breeding plumage at Puddler's (life bird for Sylvia)
Short-billed Sandpiper - 1 at Puddler's
Wilson's Snipe - 1 at Shorebird Flats (nice find, Susan!)Bob thought he saw a distant phalarope at Puddler's but was unable to confirm it and the rest of us missed it. Of course we wonder if that was the bird that Gary Chapin found later.--Dave Nutter
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