Highlights of CBC trip to Montezuma with a total 75 species Kathy Strickland and I along with 4 others enjoyed a beautiful day at the Montezuma Wetlands Complex.
A great start as we headed up the lake: E. Meadowlark on line in N Lansing and later a N. Mockingbird boat house in Aurora: counting the Common Loons (~ 120), Paul Anderson found a single Red-throated Loon and others soon confirmed. Pair of Merlins flying and calling behind us during this stop. Montezuma visitor center: 2 Solitary Sandpipers and 3 Wilson’s Snipe Wildlife Drive: a single Caspian Tern and 3 Canvasbacks Knox Marcellus Marsh: 4 juvenile Bald Eagles actively fishing, 4 Sandhill Cranes, distant ?? Mute Swan, small flock Snow Geese, and a slightly co-operative Savannah Sparrow (until the camera came out!) Martens Tract: added American Wigeon, finally, and Wood Duck to our waterfowl sightings, and our first Bluebird of the day Railroad Rd.: pair of Trumpeter Swans, fishing Ospreys, Common Gallinule, and Eurasion Wigeon - as one pair of binoculars and 2 scopes alighted on and ID’ed the Wigeon, the flock flew up and circled farther and farther away to the north... Many thanks to Paul, Chris, Will and Claus for being our eyes and ears for a fun day of birding! Colleen Richards ____________________________________________________________ Wall Street Daily Peter Schiff: China Just Armed its Financial Missile http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5712e0baac08160ba74e2st04duc -- 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/ --
