We took a ride up Cayuga Lake today and along the road at Sheldrake saw a single Bonaparte's Gull interacting with a Killdeer. At Wyers point under the docks to the south we found a Glossy Ibis! At Montezuma NWR we saw many species of waterfowl and shorebirds previously described by the many birders there this weekend. Enroute Martens Tract we photographed Trumpeter Swans 206 and 207 who are starting to look more adult (banded last year as young). At Martens we turned the first corner in the Phrags and saw an American Bittern not ten feet away and trying desperately to do the "I'm not here" look! Fun day with over 70 spp.
Photos of Ibis and Swans on our listserv and available upon request. Too awestruck to snap the bittern. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" -- 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/ --
