Hi folks.. Keep in mind thas there is a limit to how many can attend the shorebird walks and pre-registration is required. Pete Sar
On Sat, Aug 7, 2021, 8:13 PM bob mcguire <[email protected]> wrote: > If you haven’t taken the time to search out the Roseate Spoonbill, Wood > Stork, and Black-bellied Whistling Ducks at Montezuma, it appears that > there is still time. All three species were seen this afternoon from East > Road overlooking Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Granted that the views were distant > for several of them, and a scope was absolutely necessary for the ducks. > > I went up today, mainly to scout the shorebird habitat and found that K-M > Marsh is just about the only accessible spot in the Montezuma Complex. > There were a few Yellowlegs in Eaton Marsh and a few peeps along the > channel that drains the Main Pool in the Refuge, but other favorite sites > such as Mays Pool and Carncross Road were either overgrown with > miscellaneous vegetation or had been drawn down. K-M Marsh had a large > group of Yellowlegs, about evenly split between Greater and Lesser. In > addition there were over 20 Sandhill Cranes, close to 200 Great Egrets and > nearly that many Great Blue Herons, plus an assortment of ducks, > Pied-billed Grebes, Caspian Terns, gulls, Double-crested Cormorants and a > few Bald Eagles. I also heard reports from the morning that Sora and Least > Bittern were seen from Towpath Road. > > Next Saturday begins the series of dike walks at K-M Marsh (see the Cayuga > Bird Club FB page for information: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub). > This will be a great opportunity to get close to the shorebirds and, > hopefully the rare birds mentioned above. > > Bob McGuire > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > -- 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/ --
