A more complete list. Wilson's Phalarope was inconspicuous when with Lesser Yellowlegs, walking around on the mudflat but not close to the watery edge. It was within 50 yards of Towpath Rd at one point giving good looks at the bright yellow legs and faded head pattern. The bird's profile walking directly away was surprisingly rail-like. I could not find the Red-necked Phalaropes but did not do a careful survey of the Knox-Marsellus side. I didn't get to the Visitor's Center or Wildlife Dr spots. Great Egrets continue at Mays Point but no wing tags.
Dave Wheeler Oswego County Montezuma NWR--Puddler Marsh, Seneca, US-NY Jul 25, 2011 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) 33 species Canada Goose X Mallard X Green-winged Teal X Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron X Bald Eagle 2 Sandhill Crane 2 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Greater Yellowlegs 35 approximate but close Lesser Yellowlegs 500 estimated Semipalmated Sandpiper X noticed increased numbers but did not count Least Sandpiper X Pectoral Sandpiper X Stilt Sandpiper 15 approximately; very beautiful birds in my opinion Short-billed Dowitcher 2 Wilson's Phalarope 1 inconspicuous; mostly moving about on the mudflats away from the watery edge Ring-billed Gull 8 Caspian Tern 2 Black Tern 6 American Crow X Northern Rough-winged Swallow X Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X American Robin X Gray Catbird 1 European Starling X Yellow Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat X Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird X American Goldfinch X Montezuma NWR--Mays Point Pool, Seneca, US-NY Jul 25, 2011 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Careful scanning of the reedy edges found a few shorebirds but no phalaropes or ibis 16 species Canada Goose X Trumpeter Swan X Wood Duck X Mallard X Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 23 No wing tags Osprey 1 Killdeer 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 6 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Black Tern 1 Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X Common Yellowthroat 1 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 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/ --
