This morning (Thursday 25 August) at 6:42am I watched the 2 Great Egrets fly over the Equine Drug Testing Lab (opposite the east end of Cherry Rd, north of the airport) and toward the Cornell experimental ponds which were hidden from my view by fences and vegetation. Again, anyone with access to
The swifts continue to roost in the girl's dorm chimney here in Union Springs
at Union Springs Academy. I live right behind the dorm so have a good viewing
spot.
So fascinating to watch the swifts arrive just out of nowhere from what seems
to be a sky devoid of birds, circle around about 5
Water levels high, things much as they have been. Highlight was a Red-necked
Phalarope picked out by Tony Shrimpton at Puddler's Marsh, and an excellent
roost flight of blackbirds as seen from Mays Point. 58-60 Great Egrets at Mays
between 7 and 8pm, about half of them in roost position.
Montezuma Audubon Center--Sandpiper Shallows, Wayne, US-NY
Aug 25, 2011 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: mostly cloudy with poor lighting conditions. There is high water
in the south marsh due to recent rains.
9 species (+1 other taxa)
Trumpeter Swan 1
Mallard 2
Great Blue
