Before anybody gets too excited, the bird we saw was an American White Pelican; I just inadvertently clicked on the wrong name when entering data. ebird report has been edited.
Pat Martin -----Original Message----- >From: Bird observations from western New York <geneseebird...@geneseo.edu> >Sent: Jul 27, 2014 2:28 PM >To: "geneseebird...@geneseo.edu" <geneseebird...@geneseo.edu>, Cayugabirds ><cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu> >Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marsellus Marsh, Jul 27, 2014 > >Today was the first of several opportunities offered by the Montezuma National >Wildlife staff to walk along the dike separating Knox-Marcellus and Puddler >Marshes to get closer views of the shorebirds congregating there. Multiple >pairs of eyes failed to turn up any rarities, but we had wonderful comparison >looks at Short and Long-billed Dowitchers and certainly enjoyed the huge White >Pelican. > >Pat Martin > >> >>Montezuma NWR--Knox-Marsellus Marsh, Seneca, US-NY >>Jul 27, 2014 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM >>Protocol: Traveling >>0.3 mile(s) >>Comments: with Dave Nutter, Jay McGowan, 20ish others on dike walk across >>Knox-Marcellus >>36 species >> >>Canada Goose 40 >>Wood Duck 3 >>American Black Duck 1 >>Mallard 30 >>Hooded Merganser 6 >>Great White Pelican 1 huge white bird with yellow-orange bill and legs; >>bill with knob on upper mandible, continuing >>Great Blue Heron 37 >>Great Egret 8 >>Green Heron 2 >>Northern Harrier 1 >>Sandhill Crane 2 >>Semipalmated Plover 30 partial count, then estimate >>Killdeer 3 many heard, but surprisingly few visible out on the mudflats >>Spotted Sandpiper 1 seen by Jay McGowan >>Solitary Sandpiper 1 calling bird flying over, which landed in Puddler's >>marsh and disappeared >>Greater Yellowlegs 3 >>Lesser Yellowlegs 100 partial count, then estimate >>Stilt Sandpiper 3 >>Least Sandpiper 20 MANY fewer than semipalmated >>Pectoral Sandpiper 20 estimate >>Semipalmated Sandpiper 400 partial count, then estimate, confirmed with >>others >>Short-billed Dowitcher 2 >>Long-billed Dowitcher 4 >>Bonaparte's Gull 2 >>Ring-billed Gull 34 >>Caspian Tern 12 >>Black Tern 4 perhaps more; flying back and forth >>Purple Martin 1 >>Tree Swallow X >>Bank Swallow X >>Barn Swallow X >>Marsh Wren 2 >>Cedar Waxwing X fly overs >>Yellow Warbler 1 >>Swamp Sparrow 2 >>Red-winged Blackbird 10 >> >>View this checklist online at >>http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19235716 >> >>This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) > > >_______________________________________________ >GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - geneseebird...@geneseo.edu >https://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l -- 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/ --
