Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Shorebirds and Others Tuesday July 5th 2016
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
>
>
>
>
> *From:* bounce-120607526-3493...@list.cornell.edu
> on behalf of David Nicosia
>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 5, 2016 5:20 PM
> *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L; NYSBIRDS-L; broomebi...@googlegroups.com
> *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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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Shorebirds and Others Tuesday July 5th 2016
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
From: bounce-120607526-3493...@list.cornell.edu
on behalf of David Nicosia
Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 5:20 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; NYSBIRDS-L; broomebi...@googlegroups.com
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/S30544721
For my photos of the day see...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/albums/72157670005509232
Best,
Dave Nicosia
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