NYbirders, The Curlew Sandpiper remained on the mudflats at Knox-Marcellus Marsh, Montezuma NWR (Seneca Co.) well after sunset this evening. To help those who might search for the bird tomorrow, the bird was feeding on the mud at these GPS coordinates: 43.005338,-76.756024 (copy/ paste to Google Maps for an easy visualization). Chris and I were scoping from East Rd. at about this spot: 43.007629,-76.758435. The Curlew Sandpiper is a moderately bright male with mostly peach and white underparts and a deep, brick red patch on the chest; the undertail/ vent area is clean white. The bird was associating with Semipalmated Sandpipers; in comparisons with other shorebirds, the Curlew Sandpiper was about the size of nearby female Pectoral Sandpipers (the small Pecs). Evening light was rather nice; I suspect that it will be tough to view from East Rd. in the morning; distant scoping from Towpath Rd. might be fruitful, though. I uploaded a grainy, digiscoped-after-sunset photo here: www.flickr.com/bonxie88 To give a sense of the other birds present, here's a link to our eBird checklist from the evening: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11207011 Good luck, Tom
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Tom Johnson <t...@cornell.edu> wrote: > NYbirders, > Right now, Chris Wood and I are watching an adult male Curlew Sandpiper at > Knox-Marcellus Marsh at Montezuma NWR in Seneca County. A Wilson's > Phalarope, 2 Sandhill Cranes, and lots of other cool things are here too. > We are viewing from East Rd. > Good luck, > Tom > > > > -- > Tom Johnson > Ithaca, New York > t...@cornell.edu > -- Tom Johnson Ithaca, New York t...@cornell.edu -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
