Orchard oriole at Lick Brook parking lot on Et 13. Junction of 13 and 34 .
Meena
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* New York
* Syracuse
* May 27, 2013
* NYSY 05. 27. 13
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
May 20, 2013 - May 27, 2013
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covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
We spent quite some time searching through the huge numbers of Dunlin,
Semi-palmated Plovers and Peep at the Main Pool and the so called Kipp
Island field.(The refuge people call that Jackson South.) The only
highlights were 1 Short-billed Dowitcher, 1 Black-bellied Plover and 1 Ruddy
Turnstone
The shorebird numbers and habitat at Montezuma are truly spectacular -- I don't
remember ever seeing such conditions in spring. I only had time to do Kipp
Island and the Wildlife drive this morning, but between those areas I counted
more than 1300 DUNLIN, 600 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 250 LEAST