GREAT DAY!!! After going a long period of time without birding, I FINALLY got out today and was rewarded heavily for it.
Bald Eagles were at every location today. had a juvenile pull a fish out of the river along the wildlife drive. A Northern Shrike was a great warm up for the crowd that showed up to see 6 Short-Eared Owls put on a show!!!! Snow geese blanketed the sky for 2 fly overs at Morgan Rd. first North, then again south. The flocks continued as far as your binoculars would let you see!!! Couldn't find any odd gulls. Horned Larks were singing all day-Armitage Rd., Van Dyne Spoor, Morgan Rd. don't forget to look up, Joe ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 10:25 PM Subject: eBird Report - Montezuma NWR, Mar 9, 2013 Montezuma NWR, US-NY Mar 9, 2013 11:45 AM - 6:45 PM Protocol: Traveling 13.0 mile(s) 35 species Snow Goose X must have been well over 50,000 geese flying over. the flocks were endless Canada Goose X Mute Swan 2 Tundra Swan 500 American Black Duck X Mallard X Northern Pintail X easily over 100. Ring-necked Duck 13 Hooded Merganser 7 Common Merganser 12 Great Blue Heron 1 Northern Harrier 1 juvenile fly by the potato building Bald Eagle 12 7 adults, 5 juveniles Red-tailed Hawk 12 Rough-legged Hawk 1 light Ring-billed Gull X Herring Gull X Great Black-backed Gull 1 Rock Pigeon X Mourning Dove X Short-eared Owl 6 all seen from Morgan Rd. Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 American Kestrel 1 Northern Shrike 1 Blue Jay X American Crow X Horned Lark 3 Black-capped Chickadee X White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Eastern Bluebird 3 American Tree Sparrow X Dark-eyed Junco 3 Northern Cardinal 11 Red-winged Blackbird X House Sparrow X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13346207 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
