Dave I've been to the Lott farm at least 8 times since early April but have yet to see any. Pete Sar
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022, 10:53 PM Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > I was talking to Reuben Stoltzfus today. He often calls when he suspects > he has found a new species for the Cayuga Lake Basin for the year, and he > is often the first to find an Upland Sandpiper at their traditional site, > the Lott Farm (access by permission). It’s located at the south edge of > Seneca Falls, east of NYS-414 and north of Martin Road near the Finger > Lakes Regional Airport. We’re a couple weeks overdue for Upland Sandpiper, > and he hadn’t reported, and I know he’s busy, so I asked if he had been > looking. Yes, he has been looking but not finding any. Last year he only > saw 1, and eBird only has 2021 reports from there of a singe bird from > April 18-26. It’s looking like maybe that last remaining reliable location > in the Basin for breeding Upland Sandpipers may have died out. Keep your > eyes and ears open, both there and at any large grassland area. We may only > have them as migrants, if at all, from now on. Meanwhile, although I > haven’t been there, I assume the Lott Farm is still good for lots (!) of > other grassland species. > > - - Dave Nutter > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <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/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/ --