All - I will be compiling the Muckrace report shortly after I return from Michigan, where I am helping a friend clear out the house of his recently-deceased sister.
The ibis is going into the list as "Plegadis sp.," which is how my team reported it. I don't believe anyone could have been 100% certain that it was a Glossy. The complete Muckrace list will, as usual, be posted on the Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex website, and the full report on the event will appear in "Muckrace Musings," also on the website. Thanks to everyone who participated. Jane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of bob mcguire Sent: Sun 9/11/2011 8:51 AM To: cayugabirdlist Subject: [cayugabirds-l] 2011 Muckrace The 2011 Muckrace is now history, and I hope that a full report will get posted to the List soon. Ann Mitchell, Susan Danskin, Linda Orkin, Dave Nutter, Gary Kohlenberg, and I took part as a recreational team, sponsored by the Cayuga Bird Club. We found a total of 89 birds. Colleen Richards and Susan Barr were another team sponsored by the club. Some 170-odd birds were found by the collective groups. The winning team had 120 birds. A Sedge Wren was reported (don't know where it was found). Long-eared Owl was reported. Apparently no Virginia Rail or Least Bittern. A Glossy Ibis was reported at Railroad Road, but I have no information on how it was id'd (and was not a White-faced). Overall, the shorebird numbers were extremely low, though a good variety of them were found. Missing, I think, were Buff-breasted, Western Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Sanderling. The only decent shorebird area we found was the Muckrace Flats, a small area right along Savannah-Spring Lake Road. May's Point Pool still has significant exposes mud, but not a lot of birds. Bob McGuire -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
