An hour or so later Ken also reported at least 1 on East Rd, also part of the National Wildlife Refuge. I heard about these as 'hourly' rare bird alerts from eBird for Seneca County, both of which my computer got late last night.
--Dave Nutter Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) (1) - Reported Aug 14, 2014 18:20 by Ken Rosenberg - Montezuma NWR--East Road, Seneca, New York - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.0095428,-76.7585778&ll=43.0095428,-76.7585778 - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19472002 - Comments: "1 singing briefly; another possibly calling but juv marsh wren confusing" On Aug 15, 2014, at 04:25 AM, Dave Nutter <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday evening between 5 & 6pm it appears that Chris Wood & Ken Rosenberg > found a SEDGE Wren along the Wildlife Drive. To me this would have been > worthy of a text-message RBA, but not worth me waking people up for it 11 > hours later. As someone who can't get there until the weekend, I'm asking > that people not scare it off. Did you know that playback is not allowed on > the National Wildlife Refuge? > --Dave Nutter > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: [email protected] >> Date: August 14, 2014 10:31:20 PM >> To: Undisclosed recipients: ; >> Subject: [eBird Alert] Seneca Rare Bird Alert <hourly> >> Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) (1) >> - Reported Aug 14, 2014 17:06 by Chris Wood >> - Montezuma NWR--Wildlife Drive, Seneca, New York >> - Map: >> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.9817483,-76.7353284&ll=42.9817483,-76.7353284 >> - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19471766 >> - Comments: "Just north of LaRues lagoon. Giving jjjjjt call notes. Seen in >> flight and perched in grasses. Called several times. Adult." >> >> *********** -- 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/ --
