Late this afternoon (29 Sept) I went just to the Knox Marsellus, Puddler, and May's Point Pools of Montezuma NWR.
From the Knox Marsellus overlook on East Road I counted 220 SNOW GEESE, including 1 each juvenile and adult dark "Blue" Geese. There were lots of CANADA GEESE, and GREEN-WINGED TEAL, several NORTHERN PINTAIL, at least 1 AMERICAN WIGEON, some GREAT BLUE HERONS, 16 GREAT EGRETS, 2 SANDHILL CRANES, and a juvenile NORTHERN HARRIER. There was probably lots more, but I was short on time and basically checking out Puddler, where the mud was more covered from recent rain.
I drove Towpath Road anyway, and in Puddler I found my target species: 1 juvenile SANDERLING in a flock with 1 winter DUNLIN and 10 peeps which were mostly if not all SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. There were also 6 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, lots of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, some RING-BILLED GULLS, a small flock of NORTHERN SHOVELERS, lots of CANADA GEESE and several GREAT BLUE HERONS.
There was also 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS in the small pond in the yard at the intersection of North May's Point Rd and East Rd.
May's Point Pool had lots of CANADA GEESE, a few GREAT BLUE HERONS and 19 GREAT EGRETS. I saw zero shorebirds in a single scope sweep.
--Dave Nutter
On Sep 27, 2011, at 04:03 PM, Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu> wrote:
From Larue's and Jackie's survey this morning:
Puddler Marsh: Continuing AMERICAN AVOCET, 3 Black-bellied Plovers, and a SANDERLING.
Main Pool: 1 Snow Goose, increased numbers of dabbling ducks, and 5 Sandhill Cranes.
May's Point: low numbers of shorebirds, including Greater Yellowlegs, Wilson's Snipe, Solitary Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper.On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu> wrote:
From Larue's and Jackie's survey this morning:
Puddler Marsh: Continuing AMERICAN AVOCET, 4 Black-bellied Plovers, a handful of other common shorebirds.
Knox-Marsellus: 7 Snow Geese
Mays Point: Lots of shorebirds, including Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer, both yellowlegs, Least and Semipalmated sandpipers, White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, and Wilson's Snipe.
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Jay McGowan
Macaulay Library
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
jw...@cornell.edu
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