Hey all, I had mostly the same birds that others had around Montezuma on Sunday, though I had just a single Long-billed Dowitcher at May's Point around 1 PM. And I saw at least 4 Dunlin at Puddler's still, along with a late, distant SPOTTED SANDPIPER and two Sandhill Cranes. (And the avocet sleeping in the back right corner).
I'm mostly writing to corroborate the Purple Martin sighting though. I heard - but never saw - a PURPLE MARTIN near the refuge visitor's center, foraging with a small group of Tree Swallows. I can't say that I know anything about other martin vocalizations, but it struck me as textbook Purple chittering, so there seems to be at least one individual around the complex still. Lewis On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Michael and Joann Tetlow < [email protected]> wrote: > ** ** ** > > Joann and I birded Sodus Point down to Montezuma this afternoon. 3 > Brant on the beach was the only highlight at Sodus Point. Several groups of > Pied-billed Grebes were scattered around the bay. A nice flock of 25 Coot > were at the south end of the bay near the ****Ridge** **Road** **Bridge*** > *.**** > > ** ** > > We also saw the Hudsonian Godwit at the ****Montezuma** **Visitor** * > *Center**** around 3pm. A Merlin attempted to catch Goldfinches there as > well. 3 Wilson’s Snipe and 2 Lesser Yellowlegs were at Benning Marsh as a > small mudflat is developing there. Ring-necks, Pintail, Wigeon and Gadwall > numbers are up on the main pool, but bad light discouraged a Eurasian Wigeon > hunt. Only 3 Great Egrets were left at May’s Point. Dave Wheeler reported > a Stilt Sandpiper and Dunlin at Puddler’s Marsh along with the Avocet. *** > * > > At 5pm a group of about 30 Tree Swallows over Knox-Marcellus Marsh > included 1 Barn Swallow and were joined briefly by a presumed female Purple > Martin which flew off high to the SE. (We don’t know the other Martin > species so experts be alert (although everything about it looked like a > Purple Martin). A probable Bank Swallow did a quick flip that looked to > show the neck band but glided away without a wing beat to be sure. Mike > Tetlow**** > -- > *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/> > !* > -- > -- Lewis Grove PhD Student, Wildlife Ecology SUNY *E*nvironmental *S*cience and *F*orestry (814) 880 - 5667 http://zugunlew.smugmug.com -- 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/ --
