David, Kevin et al.
With respect to arctic breeding waterfowl spending their summers in the
Finger Lakes, we here in the northern art of the pbasin have seen a
small group (about 12-14) of snow geese hanging around the north part of
Seneca Lake around Geneva, NY.
Pete Saracino
On 7/5/2016 6:27 PM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote:
>
> David,
>
>
> Thanks for posting. Glad you got a decent photo of the Tundra Swan. On
> 5 June 2016, when I made the run for the Garganey, I saw a single swan
> in the marsh that I identified at the time as Tundra. Its eyes were
> too prominent for Trumpeter, in my opinion, but everyone else called
> it a Trumpeter. After discussion with my son, I downgraded my report
> to swan sp., citing lack of evidence. It was a long way away, I got no
> photos, and frankly, I was paying a lot more attention to looking for
> the rare duck. But, deep in my heart-of-hearts, I thought it was an
> out-of-place-and-time Tundra Swan.
>
>
> This is not the first of the species to be recorded in the area over
> the summer, but it's still a pretty rare occurrence and worthy of
> note. How many other, probably young or injured, arctic-breeding
> waterfowl winter well south of the breeding grounds? Just like the
> White-winged Scoter observation and discussion on Long Island, if we
> pay enough attention we might find out some interesting new things.
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Kevin
>
>
> Kevin McGowan
>
> Ithaca, NY
>
>
>
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 5, 2016 5:20 PM
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> *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Shorebirds and Others Tuesday
> July 5th 2016
> Had the day off so went to Montezuma from mid morning to mid afternoon
> Today.
> Even though the heat of summer continues to build fall shorebird
> migration has begun
> as others have noted. Started at Knox-Marcellus Marsh from Towpath Rd.
> Road is dry so not
> as bad but still very uneven with giant potholes ("pot"hole is an
> understatement in places!!!).
>
> LESSER YELLOWLEGS have been very common. I estimated about 200 birds.
> There were
> at least a few GREATER YELLOWLEGS but by far LESSER predominate. Also
> there were
> several flocks of peeps with many hiding down low in the mud and
> emergent vegetation. They
> were all LEAST SANDPIPERS except for 2 nice PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. I
> could have
> missed others as there were so many distant birds. There were also
> many KILLDEER
> some with young, at least 10 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS around, and 7
> DOWITCHER sp.
> that have been seen and IDed as Long-Billed. They were very distant
> for me as some looked
> like they had that "hump" shape but again distance was my problem. I
> was able to digi-scope
> these guys through my scope on 70X and got some poor images. If
> someone can point out
> any discernable field marks on these dowitchers please share offline
> to my email address.
> Photos are below.
>
> The CASPIAN TERNS are increasing and at one point I had 22, 17 on the
> ground and 5 flying around.
> There were 13 BLACK TERNS. I managed a nice photo of one in flight.
>
> In addition to the shorebirds and terns, I had a TUNDRA SWAN!! This
> bird had a smaller more curved
> bill, the eye was separate from the bill and most telling was a light
> yellow dot at the front of the eye!!
> There was also a TRUMPETER SWAN for comparison. Additionally, the
> lingering 2 SNOW GEESE
> continue and I also had a male REDHEAD molting toward its eclipse
> plumage at Puddler's marsh
> from Towpath road. Photos are below.
>
> Wildlife drive was fairly quiet, lots of MARSH WRENS, the SOLITARY
> SANDPIPER is back in his spot
> in that little stream before Larue's and Eaton Marsh has mainly LESSER
> YELLOWLEGS.
>
> For my ebird lists see....
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30543854
> <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30543854>
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30544721
> <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30544721>
> For my photos of the day see...
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157670005509232
>
> Best,
> Dave Nicosia
>
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