PS - also 11 GREAT EGRETS at Mays (plus a few uncounted at K-M & Puddlers), 3 SANDHILL CRANES together in Knox-Marsellus, and an adult WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW along EAST RD. It was a good day even without godwits. Now I'll shut up for a few hours.
--Dave Nutter
On Oct 04, 2011, at 09:05 PM, Dave Nutter <[email protected]> wrote:
There were quite a few shorebirds at Pudder's and May's Point Pools this afternoon (4 Oct), but I didn't find any Hudsonian Godwits. I did find:AMERICAN AVOCET - a joy to watch feeding as I scanned for non-existant or at least invisible godwitsBLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 4 or more juveniles at Puddler'sSEMIPALMATED PLOVER - several at Puddler'sSPOTTED SANDPIPER - 2 at Puddler'sGREATER YELLOWLEGS - several at Puddler's sometimes wading to shoulder depthLESSER YELLOWLEGS - several at May'sSOLITARY SANDPIPER - 1 in small pond at corner of East Rd & North May's Point RdPECTORAL SANDPIPER - at least 1 at Puddler's, 2 at May'sDUNLIN - 2 at May'sSTILT SANDPIPER - 4 at May'sWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - several at Puddler's and May'sSEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - several at Puddler's and May'sLEAST SANDPIPER - 2 at Puddler'sThere may have been a couple of BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS at Puddler's as well.Both at Puddler's and May's the shorebirds were often in among the vegetation and hard to see.Other goodies included an OSPREY and a NORTHERN HARRIER over Puddler's, a flock of 16 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS atop a couple of dead trees near the beginning of Towpath Rd., and a breeding plumage COMMON LOON on Cayuga Lake from somewhere along NYS 89--Dave Nutter--Cayugabirds-L List Info:Archives:Please submit your observations to eBird!--
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