Re: [cayugabirds-l] Highlights of Montezuma NWR shorebird walk Sat 26 Aug

2017-08-26 Thread Joe DeVito
Dave, Thank you very much. Today was a great experience! Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2017, at 10:22 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > About 30 of us birders walked onto the dikes at Knox-Marsellus Marsh on > Saturday morning seeking shorebirds. Habitat was a bit limited

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Highlights of Montezuma NWR shorebird walk Sat 26 Aug

2017-08-26 Thread Peter
Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge with us Dave. Very much appreciated. Pete Sar On 8/26/2017 10:22 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: About 30 of us birders walked onto the dikes at Knox-Marsellus Marsh on Saturday morning seeking shorebirds. Habitat was a bit limited due to lots of

[cayugabirds-l] Highlights of Montezuma NWR shorebird walk Sat 26 Aug

2017-08-26 Thread Dave Nutter
About 30 of us birders walked onto the dikes at Knox-Marsellus Marsh on Saturday morning seeking shorebirds. Habitat was a bit limited due to lots of vegetation, and numbers of visible birds were a bit on the low side, but there was good variety despite some flightiness, falcon harassment, and

[cayugabirds-l] Yellow Legs at Mill Pond, Union Springs

2017-08-26 Thread Ann Mitchell
Returning from Montezuma this evening, I stopped by Mill Pond to see what ducks were there. They were pretty much sleeping Mallards among the "floatsome". The surprising thing was seeing a Lesser Yellowlegs pecking and scurrying around on the vegetation! Good birding, Ann Sent from my iPhone

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma birds

2017-08-26 Thread M Miller
Had a vew birds of interest at the refuge (didn’t go on Knox-Marsellus hike). Had a Wilson's phalarope along with pectoral, semi-palmated, & least sandpipers (and a couple unidentified as of yet). Also had both yellowlegs & Semipalmated plovers, all at Benning Marsh. Esker Brook trail was very