The Godwit is still at Knox-Marsellus this morning. Gary Chapin Ticonderoga, NY
On Aug 3, 2013, at 12:12 AM, Jay McGowan <[email protected]> wrote: > I took Kini Roesler, a visiting recordist from Argentina, up to Montezuma > after work today to see what dropped in with the rain and show him some of > our birds. Bald Eagles and Black Terns were big highlights for him, as well > as what passes for ducks at this time of year. The Wildlife Drive was quiet > as usual, as was Tschache. We had a quick look at a Red-headed Woodpecker at > Mays Point before moving on to East Road. As we left, I told Kini, "now time > to find a Marbled Godwit!" as I have been seeing reports around the state and > he had mentioned that as one of the few shorebirds that he had not seen. No > sooner had we set up and scanned through some of the closer shorebirds than I > picked out...a MARBLED GODWIT! It was foraging out in the deep water with the > yellowlegs, Stilt Sandpipers, and dowitchers, and towered over all of them. > Enormous, glowing buff-colored, and with an extremely long, pink bill tipped > with black, it is pretty unmistakable, even at the extreme distances > involved. After the shorebirds shuffled at one point it ended up in the > middle of the gull flock out in the middle of the southern half of > Knox-Marsellus. Viewing probably would have been fine or even a little better > from Towpath, but the beautiful evening light made us stay at East Road. > Photos of this bird, beautiful as it was in the scope, were far from > satisfactory, but here are two horrific attempts: > https://picasaweb.google.com/111137855303614931880/Summer2013#5907739200448814546 > https://picasaweb.google.com/111137855303614931880/Summer2013#5907739205363375186 > > Other birds here included a juvenile WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 2 White-rumped > Sandpipers, 1 Sandering, 7 Wilson's Snipe, 34 Stilt Sandpipers, ~10 > Short-billed Dowitchers, and lots of the usual shorebirds. The AMERICAN WHITE > PELICAN continues, sleeping obscured in the bushes for a while before waking > up and flying out in to the open water. > > Van Dyne Spoor Road at dusk was entertaining as always but with no species of > particular note. The egret roost seems to have moved farther out to the south > of the road and mostly out of view. > > -- > Jay McGowan > Macaulay Library > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > [email protected] > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
