I just got a call (5:10pm) from Dominic Sherony who was at Montezuma earlier today. He says that when he arrived at Carncross Road about 11:30am there was a flock of 40-50 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS in the air along with some RED KNOTS - he's not sure how many. They had apparently been put up by an eagle, and they circled higher and departed. Joe Wing, who was there before they took flight, may have a count. At least 5 RED KNOTS remained at Carncross when Dominic left at 12:20pm, along with various other shorebirds, some of them distant and challenging.
Dominic was also at Armitage Road today where he saw 2 possible AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, one basic and one nearly so. If anyone else has seen these birds he'd like confirmation or correction on the ID. He was also at Armitage on the 27th and saw the single RED KNOT as late as 3pm that I found that day. --Dave Nutter -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
