It looks like Mays Point may be getting better for shorebirds as well. LaRue's survey from this morning reports over a hundred shorebirds at Mays, including many of both yellowlegs, over 60 Least Sandpipers, a Stilt Sandpiper, and four dowitchers, as well as an American Bittern and a Tundra Swan. The visitor center pool had the usual species as well, plus four Semipalmated Plovers. Highlights from the main pool area include three Northern Pintail.
-Jay On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:03 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Apologies for the lateness of my report. Now 8 dowitchers at Puddler's > Marsh, several with very long bills possibly outside the overlap zone but > distance and poor lighting make it difficult to be sure of species. 125 > Purple Martins near the spillway on the Wildlife Dr, while at the Visitor > Center a brief visit by a flock of peeps seemed to contain only Least and > Semi-p. Muddy scrapes next to the Thruway are starting to attract > Killdeer and Lesser Yellowlegs. Didn't have time to check Knox-Marsellus. > > Dave W. > Oswego County NY > > Montezuma NWR--Visitor Center, Seneca, US-NY > Jul 31, 2011 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM > Protocol: Stationary > Comments: Difficult light conditions. > 27 species > > Canada Goose 2 > American Black Duck 1 > Mallard 2 > Great Blue Heron 2 > Turkey Vulture 2 > Osprey 2 > Red-tailed Hawk 1 > Killdeer X > Spotted Sandpiper 2 > Solitary Sandpiper 6 > Greater Yellowlegs 5 > Lesser Yellowlegs 200 estimated > Semipalmated Sandpiper 12 > Least Sandpiper 60 Flock of Least & Semi-p flew in for 10 mins, then left > Pectoral Sandpiper 5 > Ring-billed Gull 75 > Caspian Tern 8 > Black Tern 1 > Mourning Dove 1 > American Crow 1 > Purple Martin 3 > American Robin X > European Starling X > Common Yellowthroat 1 > Song Sparrow 1 > Red-winged Blackbird X > American Goldfinch X > > > Montezuma NWR--Auto Loop, Seneca, US-NY > Jul 31, 2011 6:00 PM - 6:15 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 1.0 mile(s) > Comments: Difficult light > 9 species > > Great Blue Heron X good number at Benning Marsh > Killdeer X at the shorebird spot; also a few in the first muddy scrape > along the thruway > Greater Yellowlegs 5 > Lesser Yellowlegs X > Least Sandpiper 3 > Purple Martin 125 in a dead tree near the spillway > Tree Swallow 2 > Bank Swallow 2 > Barn Swallow 1 > > Montezuma NWR--Puddler Marsh, Seneca, US-NY > Jul 31, 2011 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 0.5 mile(s) > Comments: Difficult light > 28 species (+1 other taxa) > > Great Blue Heron X > Green Heron 1 calling from trees behind Towpath Rd > Semipalmated Plover 1 noticed only one > Killdeer X > Spotted Sandpiper X > Solitary Sandpiper 1 noticed only one > Greater Yellowlegs 20 estimate; one bird had normally-colored yellow leg > plus injured leg that was very red > Lesser Yellowlegs 400 estimate > Semipalmated Sandpiper X > Least Sandpiper X > Pectoral Sandpiper 100 estimate > Stilt Sandpiper 8 > Short-billed Dowitcher 4 > Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 4 Now 8 total dowitchers. At least 3 > had long bills that might be outside the overlap zone, but the distance too > great to see most other features of the birds. > Ring-billed Gull X > Caspian Tern 8 > Black Tern 2 > American Crow X > Tree Swallow X > Barn Swallow X > Wood Thrush 1 > American Robin X > Gray Catbird 6 > 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 31, 2011 8:15 PM - 8:20 PM > Protocol: Stationary > 3 species > > Great Blue Heron X > Great Egret 35 No wing tags; probably the same birds that have been there > Sandhill Crane 2 First time for me this year at Mays > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected] -- 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/ --
